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Table 2 Associated factors of patients with and without jaundice

From: Relationship between asymptomatic rotavirus infection and jaundice in neonates: a retrospective study

Characteristics

Jaundice (+)

(n = 166)

Jaundice (−)

(n = 430)

p value

Reticulocyte count (%)

2.3 ± 0.2

1.9 ± 0.1

0.029

Total bilirubin level (mg/dL)

18.7 ± 0.4

7.0 ± 0.2

0.001

Direct bilirubin level (mg/dL)

1.3 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.01

0.001

Hemoglobin level (mg/dL)

16.3 ± 0.2

14.6 ± 0.1

0.001

Coombs test positive, n (%)

5 (3.0)

1 (0.2)

0.560

ABO incompatibility, n (%)

2 (1.2)

1 (0.2)

0.133

C-reactive protein (mg/L)

2.1 ± 0.4

7.2 ± 0.9

0.001

Rotavirus positive, n (%)

70 (42.2)

107 (24.9)

0.001

Asymptomatic rotavirus positive, n (%)

36 (21.7)

31 (7.2)

0.032

Antibiotic use (days)

2.1 ± 3.5

3.0 ± 4.3

0.015

Late-onset sepsis, n (%)

1 (0.6)

4 (0.9)

0.695

Respiratory viral PCR, n (%)

6 (3.6)

61 (14.2)

0.001

  1. PCR polymerase chain reaction