Pregnancy outcomes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus compared to a high-risk tertiary cohort and to standard population from the Austrian birth registry.

Although composite fetal risk is higher in the SLE group than in the general population, it is still significantly lower as compared to high-risk pregnant women at a tertiary obstetric center. Prepregnancy counseling of women with SLE should put fetal and maternal risk in perspective, not only in relation to healthy, low risk cohorts, but also compared to mixed HR populations.