Table 3

Disease activity during pregnancy in relation to disease type and activity before pregnancy

Before pregnancy(n)JCA activity during pregnancy
worsening
(n) (%)
no change
(n) (%)
improvement3-151
(n) (%)
PeEOP in remission171  (6)16  (94)0
PeEOP active9009  (100)
ExEOP in remission909 (100)0
ExEOP active701 (14)6 (86)
All in remission26* 1 (4)25 (96)0
All active160 1 (6)15 (94)
All PeEOP261 (4)16 (62)9 (35)
All ExEOP16010 (63)6 (38)
Total421 (2)26 (62)15 (36)
  • 3-151 In all but one case there was inactivation of disease.*p<0.0001 for the comparison of the frequency of inactive disease before pregnancy (26/42, 62%) v the frequency of inactive disease during pregnancy (40/42, 95%).