Table 2.

The adverse pregnancy outcomes to be predicted: definition, variable type and categories

Outcome	Definition
Maternal
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy	Pregnancy-induced hypertension, pre-eclampsia or eclampsia
Fetal/neonatal
LGA	Birth weight >90th percentile corrected for gestation and fetal sex using Australian population growth chart56
Neonatal hypoglycaemia requiring intravenous treatment	A neonate with a low blood glucose level fulfilling institutional criteria for intravenous treatment consisting of either a dextrose bolus or dextrose infusion
Shoulder dystocia	When, after delivery of the head, the baby’s anterior shoulder gets caught above the mother’s pubic bone
Fetal death	Death of fetus after 20 weeks gestation
Neonatal death	Death of live-born neonate
Bone fracture	Neonatal fracture (femur, humerus, clavicle or skull) suffered at birth
Nerve palsy	Neonatal nerve palsy (brachial plexus injury or facial nerve injury) suffered at birth

LGA, large-for-gestational-age.