Table 1.

. Demographic and other characteristics

Parameters
Female, n (%)	181 (46.65%)
Male, n (%)	207 (53.35%)
Birth weight in kg (mean ±SD)	2.86 ±0.47
Gestational age in weeks (mean ±SD)	38.44 ±1.47
Cord blood bilirubin at birth (mg/dl) (mean ±SD)	2.50 ±0.91
Cord blood albumin at birth (gm/dl) (mean ±SD)	3.23 ±0.64
Cord blood bilirubin to albumin ratio at birth (mean ±SD)	0.84 ±0.51
TCB at birth (mg/dl) (mean ±SD)	0.74 ±0.50
TCB at day 3 (mg/dl) (mean ±SD)	8.59 ±3.23
TCB at day 7 (mg/dl) (mean ±SD)	8.50 ±2.44
Peak TCB (mg/dl) (mean ±SD)	12.34 ±3.21
Average life in hours for peak TCB	111.66
Newborns developing pathological hyperbilirubinaemia, n (%)	77 (19.84%)
Average life in hours for start of phototherapy	83.68
Average TCB for start of phototherapy (mg/dl)	16.32

TCB – transcutaneous bilirubin