Clinical evaluation of severe neonatal Hyperbilirubinaemia in a resource-limited setting: a 4-year longitudinal study in south-East Nigeria

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of newborns with severe hyperbilirubinaemia admitted to the Enugu state university teaching hospital

S/N	Characteristic	Variable	Number	Percentage
S/N	Characteristic	Variable	n	%
1	Gender (n = 48)	Male	30	62.5
1	Gender (n = 48)	Female	18	37.5
2	Birth weight (Kg) (n = 45)	< 2.5 kg	20	44.4
2	Birth weight (Kg) (n = 45)	≥ 2.5 kg	25	55.6
3	Gestational Age (Weeks) (n = 45)	Term (≥ 37)	33	68.8
3	Gestational Age (Weeks) (n = 45)	Pre-term (< 37)	15	31.2
4	Place of birth (n = 48)	Inborn	15	31.2
4	Place of birth (n = 48)	Outborn	33	68.8
5	Number of EBT^a1 (n = 46)	Single	12	26.1
5	Number of EBT^a1 (n = 46)	Double	34	73.9
6	Outcome in Hospital (n = 48)	Alive	40	83.3
		Dead	7	14.5
		LAMA^a2	1	2.2

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