Table 3.

Estimates of national prevalence of alloimmunization in early pregnancy

Risk of HDFNRate per 100 000 pregnancies (95% CI)
Pregnancies
(n = 9 876 196)
RBC ab detectedCritical titer 
High risk 
Anti-D 586 (553-618) 21 (20-22) 
Anti-K 68 (64-71) 46 (44-48) 
Anti-c 29 (26-31) 1.9 (1.5-2.2) 
Any  679 (645-714) 69 (66-71) 
Moderate risk 
Anti-E 110 (105-116) 8 (7-9) 
Anti-C 30 (26-33) 2.6 (2.2-3.0) 
Anti-e 4 (3-5) 0.06 (0.01-0.12) 
Anti-k 0.01 (0-0.03) 0.01 (0-0.03) 
Anti-Fya 13 (12-14) 3.1 (2.7-3.6) 
Anti-U 0.03 (0-0.07) 
Any  123 (116-130) 6.8 (5.8-7.7) 
Low risk∗∗    
Any 112 (103-121) Not applicable 
Risk of HDFNRate per 100 000 pregnancies (95% CI)
Pregnancies
(n = 9 876 196)
RBC ab detectedCritical titer 
High risk 
Anti-D 586 (553-618) 21 (20-22) 
Anti-K 68 (64-71) 46 (44-48) 
Anti-c 29 (26-31) 1.9 (1.5-2.2) 
Any  679 (645-714) 69 (66-71) 
Moderate risk 
Anti-E 110 (105-116) 8 (7-9) 
Anti-C 30 (26-33) 2.6 (2.2-3.0) 
Anti-e 4 (3-5) 0.06 (0.01-0.12) 
Anti-k 0.01 (0-0.03) 0.01 (0-0.03) 
Anti-Fya 13 (12-14) 3.1 (2.7-3.6) 
Anti-U 0.03 (0-0.07) 
Any  123 (116-130) 6.8 (5.8-7.7) 
Low risk∗∗    
Any 112 (103-121) Not applicable 

CI, confidence interval.

≥4 for anti-K and ≥16 for all other high-risk and moderate-risk abs.

∗∗

Includes: anti-Cw, anti-f, anti-Jka, anti-Jkb, anti-M, anti-S, anti-s, anti-Fyb, anti-Lua, anti-Lub, anti-Kpa, anti-Kpb, anti-Yta, anti-Coa, anti-Cob, anti-Ge2,3.

Accounted for any high-risk antibody combination detected in a test (0.3%).

Accounted for any moderate-risk ab combination detected in a test (0.5%) and excluded those combinations with high-risk abs (3.1%).

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