PCORnet Antibiotics and Childhood Growth Study: Process for Cohort Creation and Cohort Description.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet) supports observational and clinical research using health care data. The PCORnet Antibiotics and Childhood Growth Study is one of PCORnet's inaugural observational studies. We sought to describe the processes used to integrate and analyze data from children across 35 participating institutions, the cohort characteristics, and prevalence of antibiotic use.

Methods

We included children in the cohort if they had at least one same-day height and weight measured in each of 3 age periods: 1) before 12 months, 2) 12 to 30 months, and 3) after 24 months. We distributed statistical queries that each institution ran on its local version of the PCORnet Common Data Model, with aggregate data returned for analys

SUBMITTER: Block JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9746871 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature