Abstract
In a previous Data Note, we outlined the data obtained from clinical obstetric records concerning many details of the pregnancies resulting in the births of the children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Here we describe the data that have been abstracted from medical records concerning the fetus and neonate. Full details concerning the selection biases regarding the data abstracted are outlined in the previous Data Note. The records that have been abstracted, and described in this Data Note, concern the health of the fetus (measured in relation to the results of fetal monitoring, presentation at various stages of pregnancy, and the method of delivery) as well as the status of the newborn immediately post-delivery. Details of signs, symptoms and treatments of this population of new-born babies, as recorded in the clinical records, are described for the time during which they were in hospital or under the care of a designated midwife. These data add depth to the information collected from elsewhere concerning this period of the child’s life: from the questionnaires completed at the time by the mother; and clinical details from neonatal intensive or special care units which will be detailed in a further Data Note.
Highlights
The UK’s large influential National Perinatal Mortality Survey of 1958 identified fetal asphyxia as responsible for almost half of the 35 perinatal deaths per 1000 births occurring at that time
One of the original aims of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) was to determine possible effects of early exposures on later health and development in childhood, adolescence and throughout adulthood
All women resident in the area at the time they were pregnant were eligible, provided that their expected date of delivery lay between 1st April 1991 and 31st December 1992. 14,541 pregnant women resident in the area were recruited into ALSPAC
Summary
The UK’s large influential National Perinatal Mortality Survey of 1958 identified fetal asphyxia as responsible for almost half of the 35 perinatal deaths per 1000 births occurring at that time One of the original aims of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) was to determine possible effects of early exposures on later health and development in childhood, adolescence and throughout adulthood These include increases in chronic childhood disorders such as diabetes (e.g., autism spectrum disorder (e.g., and obesity (Wang & Lim, 2012). Examples concern the presentation of the fetus, fetal monitoring, and method of delivery
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