Table 5.
Proportion (percent) of newborns treated with phototherapy in relation to locality and gender
| Locality
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sassari
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Penne
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Roma La Sapienza
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Roma Tor Vergata
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| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Proportion (%) of newborns treated by phototherapy | 22.1% | 18.7% | 33.7% | 24.5% | 12.0% | 13.1% | 7.6% | 4.9% |
| N° | 2860 | 2680 | 184 | 204 | 175 | 206 | 576 | 507 |
| Three way contingency table analysis by a log-linear model (x=sex; y=phototherapy; z=locality) | ||||||||
| Interaction xyz | p=N.S. | |||||||
| Association xy | p<0.005 | |||||||
| Association yz | p<<0.001 | |||||||