Regarding complement factors, patients with thrombotic APS had lower C3 levels compared to patients with gestational morbidity (median: 109.0 mg/dL, IQR: 90.0-130.0 vs. median: 132.0 mg/dL, IQR: 100.5-144.8, p=0.028, Hodges-Lehmann median difference: 19.0, 95% CI: 2.0-34.0), in addition to lower C4 levels (median: 18.8 mg/dL, IQR: 13.0-25.8 vs. median: 24.2 mg/dL, IQR: 18.5-31.9, p=0.016, Hodges-Lehmann median difference: 5.70, 95% CI: 1.20-10.30) (Table 4). Here, C3 is linked to autoimmune polyendocrinopathy.