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Table 2 Studies reporting exact numbers, odds ratios, or relative risks for various birth outcomes in women with IBD exposed to TNF-α blockers compared with unexposed controls with IBD

From: Safety of TNF-α inhibitors during IBD pregnancy: a systematic review

Author

Patients with IBD exposed to TNF-α blockers

Controls

Spontaneous abortions or stillbirths

Preterm delivery

Low birth weight

Abnormalities/major birth defects/malformations

Infections during the first 12 months of life

Johnson et al. [72]

34a

55b

5/34 versus 3/55; OR 2.99 (95% CI 0.67 to 13.41)

2/34 versus 2/53; OR 1.59 (0.21 to 11.9)

Schnitzler et al. [54]

42

78

9/42 versus 12/78; OR 1.5 (0.57 to 3.92)

8/32 versus 8/65; OR 2.38 (0.80 to 7.06)

6/32 versus 9/65; OR 1.44 (0.46 to 4.46)

1/42 versus 1/78; OR 1.87 (0.11 to 30.8)

Casanova et al. [48]

202c

110

20/202 versus 19/110; OR 0.53 (0.27 to 1.04)

8/202 versus 13/110; OR 0.31 (0.12 to 0.77)

12/202 versus 11/110; OR 0.57 (0.24 to 1.33)

2/202 versus 0/110; (no OR or CI)

Mahadevan et al. [51]

79c

291/326

RR 1.29 (0.79 to 2.11); Biologics alone:; RR 2.56 (1.07 to 4.12)

RR 1.83 (1.01 to 3.31); Biologics alone:; RR 0.89 (0.54 to 1.47)

RR 1.35 (1.01-1.80); Biologics alone:; RR 0.89 (0.70-1.12)

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, IBD inflammatory bowel disease, OR odds ratio, RR relative risk, TNF tumor necrosis factor.
  2. aPatients with Crohn’s disease, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and other forms of arthritis.
  3. bControls were unexposed patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
  4. cTNF-α blockers and/or thiopurines or other immunomodulators.