Research Article
Breast Milk Jaundice and Maternal Diet with Chinese Herbal Medicines
Table 1
Correlation of birth and clinical information by TcB levels.
| TcB value | <5 mg/dL () | ≥5 mg/dL () | value* |
| Gender | | | 0.172 | Male | 406 (47.6) | Female | 447 (52.4) |
| Birth weight (g) | | | 0.134 | 2000–2500 | 46 (5.4) | 2501–4400 | 807 (94.6) |
| Gestational age (weeks) | | | 0.024 | 34–36 | 44 (5.2) | 37–42 | 809 (94.8) |
| G6PD status | | | 0.757 | Deficiency | 20 (2.3) | Normal | 833 (97.7) |
| Weight increase (g/d) | | | 0.566 | ≤30 | 214 (25.1) | >30 | 639 (74.9) |
| Feeding milk | | | <0.001 | Breast | 338 (39.6) | Combination | 370 (43.4) | Formula | 145 (17.0) |
| Stool pattern (time/day) | | | <0.001 | >4 | 248 (29.1) | 2–4 | 254 (29.8) | <2 | 351 (41.1) |
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*chi-square test.
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