Zeng Hui, He Fan, Dong Xiaojing, et al. A clinical study of 227cases of pregnancy complicated with connective tissue diseases treated by hydroxychloroquine. [J]. Journal of Shanxi Agricultural Sciences 47(10):1210-1214(2022)
DOI:
Zeng Hui, He Fan, Dong Xiaojing, et al. A clinical study of 227cases of pregnancy complicated with connective tissue diseases treated by hydroxychloroquine. [J]. Journal of Shanxi Agricultural Sciences 47(10):1210-1214(2022) DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.002937.
A clinical study of 227cases of pregnancy complicated with connective tissue diseases treated by hydroxychloroquine
To examine the effects of hydroxychloroquine(HCQ) treatment on pregnancy outcomes in women with connective tissue disease(CTD).
Methods:
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We conducted a retrospective cohort study of pregnant women with CTD in 6 hospitals in recent 10 years(from January 1,2010 to October 30,2020),taking the medical records of Chongqing Medical University Medical Data Scinece Acadmy. A total of 227 patients were included in the study,and classified into two groups according to whether they started HCQ treatment during or six months prior to pregnancy,HCQ treatment group(
n
=108) and control group(
n
=119).
Results:
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Compared with the patients in the HCQ treatment group,we found that patients in the control group were more likely to have gestational hypertension(5.0% vs. 17.6%,
P
=0.003),preterm birth(19.3% vs. 25.0%,
P
=0.303),and low birth weight infant(20.0% vs. 45.0%,
P
<
0.001). Multivariate analysis showed that HCQ treatment was associated with an exceedingly lower risk of gestational hypertension(
OR
=0.31,95%CI=0.10-0.93,
P
=0.037),preterm birth(
OR
=0.28,95%CI=0.10-0.79,
P
=0.016) and low birth weight infant(
OR
=0.31,95%CI=0.13-0.72,
P
=0.006) after controlling for important confounding variables.
Conclusion:
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Our study proved that HCQ treatment can significantly improve the pregnancy outcomes of patients with CTD,especially reduce the risk of gestational hypertension,preterm birth and low birth weight infant.