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Haemolytic and nonhaemolytic neonatal jaundice have different risk factorprofiles
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Haemolytic and nonhaemolytic neonatal jaundice have different risk factorprofiles

Brian K. Lee, Isabelle Le Ray, Ji Yu Sun, Agneta Wikman, Marie Reilly and Stefan Johansson
ACTA PAEDIATRICA, v 105(12), pp 1444-1450
01 Dec 2016
PMID: 27173507

Abstract

Life Sciences & Biomedicine Pediatrics Science & Technology
Aim: This study examined maternal and pregnancy risk factors for haemolytic and nonhaemolytic neonatal jaundice in a large population-based cohort study. Methods: We conducted a cohort study of 1019220 singleton live births from the Swedish medical birth register from 1987 to 2002, using information on neonatal jaundice and maternal and pregnancy characteristics. Diagnoses of gestational hypertensive disorders were obtained by linkage to the national inpatient register. Multivariate logistic regression analysis provided odds ratios for the risk factors of both forms of jaundice. Results: A total of 6057 (0.6%) births were affected by haemolytic jaundice and 36869 (3.6%) by nonhaemolytic jaundice. The strongest risk factors for haemolytic jaundice were maternal alloimmunisation, blood group O and neonatal jaundice in older siblings. For nonhaemolytic jaundice, the strongest risk factors were preterm birth, neonatal jaundice in older siblings, maternal origin from East or South-East Asia and maternal obesity. We estimated that 13% of haemolytic jaundice was attributable to alloimmunisation and 39% of nonhaemolytic jaundice was attributable to preterm birth. Conclusion: Haemolytic and nonhaemolytic neonatal jaundice had different risk factor profiles. Interventions to reduce maternal alloimmunisation, preterm birth and maternal obesity may lower the prevalence of neonatal jaundice and the risk of consequent neurological complications.

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