Table 1.
Category | Term | Definition |
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Exposure Windows * | Current Use | Exposure within 28 days before the index date (primary analysis) |
Recent Use | Exposure within 84 days before the index date | |
Prior Use | Exposure within 85 through 365 days before the index date | |
Non-current Use | Cannot have any progestogen exposure within 28 days before the index date (reference for primary analysis) | |
Dose | Weighted Average Daily Dose | The cumulative prescribed dose within recent use averaged over the interval from start of exposure until the index date (maximum of 84 days) |
Low Category | Weighted average daily dose less than half the standard daily dose of each oral progestogen | |
Standard Category | Weighted average daily dose between half to less than double the standard daily dose of each oral progestogen | |
High Category | Weighted average daily dose greater than or equal to double the standard daily dose of each oral progestogen | |
Chronicity | New Users | All exposure occurs within no more than 84 days before the index date (i.e., no prior use) and meets current use criteria |
Chronic Users | Exposure meets both prior use and current use criteria | |
Former Users | Exposure meets prior use but not current use criteria | |
Non-users | Cannot have any progestogen exposure that meets criteria for current use or prior use (reference only for chronicity analysis) |
Current, recent, and prior use definitions are not affected by progestogen exposure or absence of exposure outside of its time window (e.g., exposures may continue beyond the index date).