Research Article

Effects of Phototherapy on the Serum Magnesium Level in Neonates with Indirect Hyperbilirubinemia: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Characteristics of neonates for the treatment groups.

VariableSingleDoubleIntensive
RangeRangeRange

Jaundice onset age (day)2-122-92-100.424c
Intrauterine age (week)38-4038-4138-410.036c
Admission weight (gr)2500-39002500-41502500-40000.156c
Mother’s age (year)17-3916-4016-420.111c
(%) (%) (%)
Delivery type NVDa0.254d
CSb

aNormal vaginal delivery. bCesarean section. cOne-way analysis of variance. dChi-squared test.