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Table 3 The upper and lower limits of body weight loss percentage within the first three days to predict significant hyperbilirubinemia 72 hours after birth

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

Day

BWL percentage

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

LR+

LR-

AUC

95% CI

P-value

Day 1

>0.431%

100.00

4.39

1.05

0.00

0.581

0.527-0.634

0.014

>10.19%

0.00

100.00

-

1.00

Day 2

>2.97%

100.00

7.89

1.09

0.00

0.632

0.579-0.684

<0.001

>10.93%

0.87

100.00

-

0.99

Day 3

>0.60%

100.00

2.63

1.03

0.00

0.703

0.652-0.751

<0.001

>11.33%

10.43

100.00

-

0.90

  1. BWL: bodyweight loss; LR: likelihood ratio; AUC: area under curve; CI: confidence interval.