The risk of adverse obstetric and neonatal outcomes among women with autoimmune disease in the US Consortium on Safe Labor, 2002-2008

Autoimmune diseases commonly affect women of childbearing age, yet the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes among women with autoimmune disease is underexamined. We hypothesized pregnancies complicated by Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) Crohn ’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) would have increased risk of preeclampsia, preterm birth (PTB), small for gestational age (SGA), respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), and neonatal intensive care (NICU) admission.

Source: Annals of Epidemiology - August 25, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Andrew Williams, Indulaxmi Seeni, Candace Robledo, Shanshan Li, Marion Ouidir, Carrie Nobles, Katie Grantz, Pauline Mendola Source Type: research