Canadian Pregnancy Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Table 1

Summary of maternal outcomes.

Outcome	Women with RA; n = 38	RA controls; n = 150	Women with SLE; n = 95	SLE controls; n = 375
Length of stay (days), mean (SD)	3.0 (1.5)	2.2 (1.2)	4.2 (5.3)	2.3 (2.4)
Preeclampsia, n (%)
Mild	7 (18.4)	11 (7.3)	9 (9.5)	33 (8.8)
Severe/eclampsia	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	7 (7.4)	2 (0.5)
Cesarean section, n (%)	13 (34.2)	32 (21.3)	41 (43.2)	89 (23.7)
Postpartum infection, n (%)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.7)	6 (6.3)	5 (1.3)
1 year readmission, n (%)	7 (15.8)	6 (4.7)	13 (13.7)	22 (5.9)

n: number; SD: standard deviation.