LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

AQUA: Pregnancy and birth

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2011-2012	2011-2012	2011-2012	2011-2012	2013-2014	2014-2015	2018-Ongoing
	Wave	1	2	3	4a	4	5	AQUA@6
	Age	19 weeks gestation	26 weeks gestation	36 weeks gestation	Birth	12 months	2 years	6-7 years
	N	2146	1715	1571	1401	1296	1038	In progress
Age of parents							P:SRI ^M	P:SRI ^M
Apgar score						R:B-R ^I
Birth length							P:AQUA ^I
Birth weight						R:B-R ^I	P:AQUA ^I
Complications during labour and delivery						R:B-R ^M
Complications during puerperium						R:B-R ^M
Conception method			P:AQUA ^M
Congenital disorder			P:AQUA ^M P:AQUA ^F			R:B-R ^I	P:AQUA ^I
Contraception			P:AQUA ^M
Due date					P:AQUA ^I
Fetus and neonate conditions						R:B-R ^I
Gestational age at birth						R:B-R ^I	P:AQUA ^I
Last menstrual period			P:AQUA ^M
Multiple birth				P:AQUA ^I
Neonatal intensive care service						R:B-R ^I	P:AQUA ^I
Obstetric history			P:AQUA ^M		P:AQUA ^M			P:AQUA ^M ¹
Parity			P:AQUA ^M
Pattern of delivery						R:B-R ^M	P:AQUA ^M

Featured measurements

AQUA: : Asking Questions about Alcohol in Pregnancy Study-devised measure
B-R: : Birth Records
SRI: : Social Risk Index

Notes

These questions ask about subsequent pregnancies after the index child

Legend

B: = Biosample collected
BA: = Biosample analysis
G: = Grandparent(s) completed questionnaire
L: = Data linkage
N: = Nurse completed questionnaire
O: = Observation or direct assessment
Of: = Offspring completed questionnaire
P: = Parent/guardian completed questionnaire
Pe: = Peer completed questionnaire
R: = Records abstraction
S: = Self (primary participant) completed questionnaire
T: = Teacher completed questionnaire
X: = Other source
X ^F: = Pertains to father
X ^Fam: = Pertains to family
X ^G: = Pertains to grandparent(s)
X ^I: = Pertains to primary participant
X ^IP: = Pertains to partner
X ^M: = Pertains to mother
X ^O: = Pertains to offspring
X ^P: = Pertains to parent/guardian(s)
X ^Pe: = Pertains to peers
X ^Si: = Pertains to sibling(s)
X ^T: = Pertains to teacher(s)
X ^X: = Pertains to other reportees

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