Fertility, early menopause and pregnancy outcomes of patients with Takayasu's arteritis.

Autor: Taghiyeva A; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: nargiz.taghiyevaaa@gmail.com., Kılıç L; Hacettepe University Vasculitis Research Centre, Ankara, Turkey., Cagan M; Division of Perinatology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey., Cagri Bolek E; Hacettepe University Vasculitis Research Centre, Ankara, Turkey., Yardımcı GK; Hacettepe University Vasculitis Research Centre, Ankara, Turkey., Ozyuncu O; Division of Perinatology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey., Bilgen ŞA; Hacettepe University Vasculitis Research Centre, Ankara, Turkey., Karadag O; Hacettepe University Vasculitis Research Centre, Ankara, Turkey.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology [Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol] 2023 Apr; Vol. 283, pp. 1-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 21.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2023.01.021
Abstrakt: Objectives: The reproductive health of patients with Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is an important issue. Systemic inflammation and treatments used in TA may affect female reproductive organs, leading to infertility, maternal and fetal morbidity, and early menopause. This study aimed to evaluate fertility, early menopause and pregnancy outcomes of patients before and after TA diagnosis. In addition, pregnancy morbidities following TA diagnosis were analysed for each cluster.
Study Design: Two hundred and two patients with TA (184 females) who met the 1990 American College of Rheumatology criteria were registered in the prospective database of Hacettepe University Vasculitis Research Centre by the end of February 2020. Demographic and clinical features, comorbidities, distribution of vascular involvement, obstetric histories and outcomes were evaluated retrospectively. Patients with TA were classified according to novel proposed disease clusters. Early menopause was defined as menopause before 45 years of age.
Results: One hundred and twenty-one female patients with TA, for whom gynaecological records and marriage status could be obtained, were included in the study. Ninety-seven patients were married, of whom 12 (12.5 %) patients were infertile. In total, there were 238 pregnancies in 83 female patients with TA: 203 before TA diagnosis, 35 after TA diagnosis, and two patients were diagnosed during pregnancy. Compared with the pre-diagnosis group, maternal complications were significantly more common in the post-diagnosis group [23 (11.3 %) vs 9 (25.7 %); p = 0.048]. The most common maternal complication was gestational hypertension (12.1 %). Fetal complications were common in both groups (21.5 % pre-diagnosis vs 34.2 % post-diagnosis; p = 0.18), and included prematurity, intrauterine growth retardation and low birth weight. According to novel disease subsets, post-diagnosis patients were classified as C1 (n = 3, 15.7 %), C2 (n = 9, 47.3 %) or C3 (n = 6, 31.5 %). One patient could not be classified. There was no difference in obstetric outcomes between these subgroups. Early menopause was observed in 20 (16.5 %) of 121 patients, but some patients had not yet reached 45 years of age.
Conclusion: Infertility was higher in patients with TA in comparison with the general population in Turkey (12.5% vs 8.6%), and the early menopause rate was lower in patients with TA (16.7% vs 36.1%). Pregnancies following a diagnosis of TA had more maternal complications than pre-diagnosis pregnancies. Fetal complications were more common both pre- and post-diagnosis. Chronic inflammation before TA diagnosis may lead to increased infertility and fetal complications.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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