Outcome
Type |
Measure |
Description |
Time frame |
Safety issue |
Primary |
Rate of major structural defects |
Rate of major structural defects, defined and classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program (MACDP) 6 Digit Code Defects List coding manual (CDC, 2007) |
Up to 1 year of age |
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Secondary |
Pregnancy Outcome: Rate of spontaneous abortion |
Rate of spontaneous abortion where spontaneous abortion is defined as non-deliberate fetal death which occurs prior to 19 completed weeks post-last menstrual period (LMP) |
Up to 19 wks post LMP |
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Secondary |
Pregnancy Outcome: Rate of elective abortion |
Rate of elective abortion where elective abortion is defined as deliberate termination of pregnancy at any time in gestation |
Through 9 month pregnancy period |
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Secondary |
Pregnancy Outcome: Rate of stillbirth |
Rate of stillbirth where stillbirth is defined as non-deliberate fetal death anytime in gestation at or after 19 completed weeks post-LMP |
At or after 19 completed weeks post LMP |
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Secondary |
Pregnancy Outcome: Rate of premature delivery |
Rate of premature delivery where premature delivery is defined as live birth prior to 37.0 weeks gestation as counted from LMP (or ultrasound adjusted date) |
Prior to 37 weeks of gestation |
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Secondary |
Infant Outcome: Rate of minor structural defects |
Rate of minor structural defects where a minor structural defect is defined as a structural anomaly which has neither cosmetic nor functional significance to the child. |
Between birth and 12 months post natal |
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Secondary |
Infant Outcome: Rate of small for gestational age |
Rate of small for gestational age where small for gestational age is defined as birth size (weight, length, or head circumference) less than/equal to the 10th centile for sex and gestational age using standard pediatric CDC growth curves for full term or preterm infants |
At birth |
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Secondary |
Infant Outcome: Rate of postnatal growth deficiency |
Rate of postnatal growth deficiency where postnatal growth deficiency is defined as postnatal size (weight, length, or head circumference) less than/equal to the 10th centile for sex and age using standard pediatric growth curves, and adjusted for postnatal age for premature infants if the postnatal measurement is obtained at less than 1 year of age. |
Up to 1 year of age |
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Secondary |
Infant Outcome: Rate of postnatal hospitalizations |
Rate of postnatal hospitalizations as assessed throughout the 5-year postnatal follow-up period. |
Through 5 years postnatal |
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Secondary |
Infant Outcome: Rate of infant reactions to scheduled vaccinations |
Rate of infant reactions to scheduled vaccinations as assessed throughout the 5-year postnatal follow-up period. |
Through 5 years postnatal |
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Secondary |
Infant Outcome: Infant response to IgG-tetanus antibody |
Infant response to IgG-tetanus antibody as a biological marker to evaluate humoral immune response via a standardized assay test. |
Between 6-12 months of age |
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Secondary |
Infant Outcome: Adverse neurodevelopment outcomes |
Adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes as assessed during 2 periods (between 16 months to 17 months 30 days of age and between 3.5-5 years of age) via standardized tests of performance |
Between 16 months to 17 months 30 days of age and between 3.5-5 years of age |
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Secondary |
Breastfeeding/Lactation Outcome: Proportion of women who breastfed |
Proportion of women who breastfed (at all) in the first 6 weeks after delivery |
Through 6 weeks post delivery |
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Secondary |
Breastfeeding/Lactation Outcome: Proportion who breastfed exclusively |
Among women who breastfed (in the first 6 weeks after delivery), the proportion who breastfed exclusively during the first 2 weeks of life |
Through the first 2 weeks postnatal |
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Secondary |
Infant Outcome: Pattern of minor structural defects |
Pattern of minor structural defects where a minor structural defect is defined as a structural anomaly which has neither cosmetic nor functional significance to the child and a pattern is defined as the same 3 or more minor structural defects in 2 or more children. |
Between birth and 12 months postnatal |
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Secondary |
Infant Outcome: Rate of postnatal serious infections |
Rate of postnatal serious infections as assessed throughout the 5-year postnatal follow-up period. |
Through 5 years postnatal |
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