Table 2: Summary of Pregnancy Outcomes, Fertility Rate and Flares Presented in Mean (%) ± SEM from Published Studies Compared to Our Present Case- Control Study Findings

N Literature
Review		 Present
Study-SLE
Cases		 Present
Study-Controls
Elective termination
(%)		 44 10.5 ± 1.5 2.9 4.0
Fetal wastage (%) 45 19.5 ± 1.6 18.3 16.6
Neonatal death (%) 39 2.2 ± 0.4 1.7 0.4
Preterm birth (%) 43 25.5 ± 2.2 9.5 4.9
Full term birth (%) 44 49.0 ± 2.5 69.3 74.5
Live birth (%) 50 72.3 ± 1.9 78.8 79.4
Pregnancy rate
(mean)		 7 2.3 ± 0.08 2.3 ± 0.2 1.8 ± 0.1
Flares during
pregnancy (%)		 38 28.6 ± 2.6 18
Flare-up postpartum
(%)		 24 11.9 ± 2.0
Total flares (%) 39 36.5 ± 3.3
IUGR (%) 20 14.8 ± 0.8
Preg-induced HTN
(%) 		17 15.9 ± 2.7 19.3* 17.2*
Gestational DM
(%)		 8 6.7 ± 1.6 7.2 5.4
APL ab (%) 13 36.8 ± 6.1
Neonatal lupus (%) 25 2.4 ± 0.6

Elective termination= termination for personal or medical reasons
Fetal wastage= sum of miscarriages or spontaneous abortions and stillborn
IUGR= Intrauterine growth restriction
Pregnancy rate= number of pregnancies per woman
Preg-induced HTN = pregnancy-induced hypertension
Gestational DM= gestational diabetes
APL ab= antiphospholipid antibodies
* Sum of pregnancy-induced hypertension and toxemia
N= number of publications.