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Table 2 Correlation between bilirubin level 72 hours after birth and bodyweight loss percentage within the first 3 days

From: Bodyweight loss in predicting neonatal hyperbilirubinemia 72 hours after birth in term newborn infants

  

72 hours Bil-T (mg/dl)

Day 1 BWL percentage

Day 2 BWL percentage

Day 3 BWL percentage

72 hours Bil-T (mg/dl)

r

1

   

p-value

    

n

343

   

Day 1 BWL percentage

r

0.149

1

  

p-value

0.006 **

   

n

343

343

  

Day 2 BWL percentage

r

0.305

0.653Ψ

1

 

p-value

< 0.0001**

< 0.0001**

.

 

n

343

343

343

 

Day 3 BWL percentage

r

0.407Ψ

0.355

0.751ΨΨ

1

p-value

< 0.0001**

< 0.0001**

< 0.0001**

.

n

343

343

343

343

  1. Correlation analysis by Spearman’s rank correlation.
  2. *:P < 0.05 **:P < 0.01.
  3. Ψ0.4 < r < 0.7 ΨΨr > 0.7.
  4. BW: bodyweight; BWL: bodyweight loss; Bil-T: total bilirubin level.
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