Research Article
Neonatal and Maternal Risk Factors for Indirect Hyperbilirubinemia: A Cross-Sectional Study from Bahrain
Table 1
Demographic data of 404 neonates with indirect hyperbilirubinemia.
| | Demographic data | (%) |
| | Sex | | | Male | 209 (51.7) | | Female | 195 (48.3) | | Nationality | | | Bahraini | 275 (68.1) | | Non-Bahraini | 129 (31.9) | | Age at presentation (day), median (IQR) | 2 (1-3) | | Within 24 hours | 150 (37.1) | | 1-5 days | 230 (57) | | >5 days | 24 (5.9) | | Gestational age (week), median (IQR) | 38 (37-39) | | Term | 316 (78.2) | | Preterm | 88 (21.8) | | Birth weight (kg), median (IQR) | 3 (2.6-3.3) | | Maternal age (year) | | | <25 | 53 (14.1) | | 25 to 35 | 255 (60.6) | | >35 | 102 (25.2) | | Mode of delivery | | | Vaginal | 267 (66.1) | | Cesarean | 137 (33.9) | | Feeding type () | | | Exclusive breast feeding | 82 (52.2) | | Exclusive formula milk | 11 (7.0) | | Mixed feeding | 64 (40.8) | | Newborn blood group | | | O | 158 (39.1) | | B | 123 (30.4) | | A | 108 (26.7) | | AB | 15 (3.7) | | Maternal blood group | | | O | 232 (57.4) | | B | 81 (20.0) | | A | 77 (19.1) | | AB | 14 (3.5) | | Newborn Rhesus factor | | | Positive | 384 (95) | | Negative | 20 (5) | | Maternal Rhesus factor | | | Positive | 371 (91.8) | | Negative | 33 (8.2) | | Positive direct Coombs test | 97 (24) | | Hospital stays (day), median (IQR) | 3 (2-5) |
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Values are presented as numbers (%) for categorical variables and median (IQR) for continuous variables. IQR: interquartile range.
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