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. 2015 Oct;56(5):490–492. doi: 10.3325/cmj.2015.56.490

Table 1.

Serum total bilirubin of 10 newborns measured with a precision of ±0.05 mg/dL


Measured values Three possible values
3.2
3.22
3.23
3.20
3.1
3.14
3.14
3.13
4.5
4.45
4.51
4.47
8.2
8.23
8.21
8.19
9.3
9.34
9.27
9.28
11.7
11.73
11.65
11.65
10.0
10.01
10.02
9.99
10.8
10.84
10.79
10.78
7.1
7.14
7.13
7.09
6.8
6.84
6.82
6.82
Mean (standard deviation) reported with ±0.05 mg/dL (One digit after the decimal point)
7.5 (3.1)
7.5 (3.1)
7.5 (3.1)
7.5 (3.1)
Mean (standard deviation) with reported ±0.005 mg/dL (Two digits after the decimal point) 7.47 (3.09) 7.49 (3.10) 7.48 (3.07) 7.46 (3.08)