Table 1.

Relationship between IgG anti-B2GPI positivity and APS obstetric clinical manifestations

Obstetric outcomes
First author (y)No. of participantsNo. of anti-B2GPI (+)Anti-B2GPI positivity cutoffNo. of controls for assay calibrationLength of follow-upCompositeFetal lossPreeclampsia/ eclampsiaPlacental abruptionIntrauterine growth restriction
Chauleur (2010) 142 aPL(+) and 142 matched aPL(−) controls with history of embryonic loss 47 IgG (+)
20 IgM (+) 
99th percentile 200 Duration of pregnancy through 3 mo postpartum — Not associated aOR 4.61 Trend (aOR 2.43, P = .07) Not associated 
Lockshin (2012) 144 pregnant women with aPL positivity 37 IgG (+)
22 IgM (+) 
25 units/mL (positive)
40 units/mL (high titer) 
60 Duration of pregnancy and through 3 mo postpartum Not associated — — — — 
Lynch (1999) 325 low-risk primigravida NR 50th percentile. Reported outcomes for 75th, 95th, and 99th percentile NR Duration of pregnancy — Not associated Not associated — — 
Yelnik (2016) 54 aPL(+) pregnant women 23 IgG (+) 40 units/mL 60 Duration of pregnancy through 12 wk postpartum Not associated — — — — 
Obstetric outcomes
First author (y)No. of participantsNo. of anti-B2GPI (+)Anti-B2GPI positivity cutoffNo. of controls for assay calibrationLength of follow-upCompositeFetal lossPreeclampsia/ eclampsiaPlacental abruptionIntrauterine growth restriction
Chauleur (2010) 142 aPL(+) and 142 matched aPL(−) controls with history of embryonic loss 47 IgG (+)
20 IgM (+) 
99th percentile 200 Duration of pregnancy through 3 mo postpartum — Not associated aOR 4.61 Trend (aOR 2.43, P = .07) Not associated 
Lockshin (2012) 144 pregnant women with aPL positivity 37 IgG (+)
22 IgM (+) 
25 units/mL (positive)
40 units/mL (high titer) 
60 Duration of pregnancy and through 3 mo postpartum Not associated — — — — 
Lynch (1999) 325 low-risk primigravida NR 50th percentile. Reported outcomes for 75th, 95th, and 99th percentile NR Duration of pregnancy — Not associated Not associated — — 
Yelnik (2016) 54 aPL(+) pregnant women 23 IgG (+) 40 units/mL 60 Duration of pregnancy through 12 wk postpartum Not associated — — — — 

aOR, adjusted odds ratio; NR, not reported. Dashes denote outcomes that were not examined in a given study.

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