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. 2024 Oct 25;70(11):e20240691.
doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.20240691. eCollection 2024.

Prevalence and associated factors of mother-reported jaundice in newborns

Arthur Cella  1 , Juliana Coelho de Campos  2 , Ícaro Colaiácovo  1 , Gabriel Oscar Cremona-Parma  2 , Eliane Traebert  1   2 , Jefferson Traebert  1   2
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Prevalence and associated factors of mother-reported jaundice in newborns

Arthur Cella et al. Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). .

Abstract

Objective: Newborns' jaundice is the result of bilirubin accumulation as fetal hemoglobin is metabolized by the immature liver. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of mother-reported newborn jaundice and associated factors.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out using data from a longitudinal study involving 914 children. The data were reviewed using Poisson regression with a robust estimator in a hierarchical model in which the sociodemographic variables constituted the first level, those related to the conditions of the pregnancy constituted the second level, and those related to the report of jaundice, the third level. Prevalence ratios and their relevant confidence intervals were estimated.

Results: The prevalence of reported jaundice in newborns was 17.9%. The variables late pregnancy, urinary infection during pregnancy, and preterm and post-term birth were independently statistically associated with a higher prevalence of newborn jaundice reports.

Conclusion: We can conclude that mother-reported newborn jaundice was 17.9% associated with maternal and birth aspects.

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Conflicts of interest: the authors declare there is no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1. Hierarchical conceptual structure in blocks for reporting newborn jaundice.
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