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. 2019 Sep 26;9(9):e033013. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033013

Table 1.

The list of secondary outcomes

Outcome Corresponding secondary objective Datasets analysed
Primary care Secondary care
Health conditions and symptoms in children 1.
Other allergic and allergy-related conditions: 1.a
  •  Food allergy/intolerance

x
  •  Allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis

x
  •  >1 allergy related disease (asthma, eczema, food allergy/intolerance, allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis)

x
  •  Penicillin allergy*

x
  •  Anaphylaxis*

x x
  •  High risk of anaphylactic reaction (prescribing of automatic injection devices containing epinephrine)*

x
Autoimmune diseases: 1.b
  •  Type 1 diabetes*

x x
  •  Coeliac disease*

x x
  •  Juvenile idiopathic arthritis*

x x
  •  Scleroderma/systemic sclerosis*†

x x
  •  Inflammatory myopathies*†

x x
  •  SLE*†

x x
  •  Autoimmune (idiopathic) ITP*

x x
  •  Juvenile pernicious (megaloblastic) anaemia*

x x
  •  Childhood vitiligo*†

x
Infections and inflammation: 1 .c
  •  Neonatal sepsis (early and late onset)

x
  •  Other sepsis*

x
  •  Wheeze

x
  •  Upper respiratory tract infections*

x
  •  Lower respiratory tract infections*

x x
  •  Bronchiolitis*

x x
  •  Gastroenteritis*

x x
  •  Inflammatory bowel disease†

x x
  •  Urinary tract infections*

x x
  •  Antibiotic prescribing*

x
Other immune system-related conditions: 1.d
  •  Necrotising enterocolitis

x
  •  Leukaemia*†

x x
Neurodevelopmental conditions: 1.e
  •  Cerebral palsy

x
  •  Autism spectrum disorder*

x
  •  ADHD*

x
Less specific measures of child health: 1 .f
  •  Colic*

x
  •  Failure to thrive*

x
Healthcare utilisation in children 2.
  •  Primary care consultations*

x
  •  Hospital admissions*

x
Maternal outcomes (6 weeks post partum) 3.
  •  Composite infectious morbidity (wound infection, endometritis/endomyometritis, pelvic abscess, maternal sepsis, death attributed to infection)

x x
  •  Endometritis/endomyometritis

x x
  •  Wound infection

x x
  •  Urinary tract infection/cystitis/pyelonephritis

x x
  •  Sepsis

x x
  •  Pelvic abscess

x x
  •  Maternal death (if infection related)*†

x
  •  Antibiotic prescribing*

x
  •  Length of hospital stay*

x

*Exploratory outcome due to insufficient evidence base, including lack of longitudinal studies investigating the association between microbiota/early antibiotic exposure and outcome of interest;

†Tabulation if the outcome is very rare.

ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ITP, thrombocytopenic purpura; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.