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Table 1 Association between case and control groups according to some demographic data and laboratory values

From: Incidence of urinary tract infection in neonates with significant indirect Hyperbilirubinemia of unknown etiology: case-control study

 

Cases

(n = 100)

Control

(n = 50)

P value

Mean ± SD

Age on admission

118.80 ± 51.66

119.04 ± 52.66

0.976

Weight (kg)

3.13 ± 0.34

3.13 ± 0.34

1.00

Total bilirubin (mg/dl)

17.90 ± 1.71

2.18 ± 0.87

< 0.001*

Direct bilirubin (mg/dl)

0.68 ± 0.34

0.40 ± 0.22

< 0.001*

Hemoglobin (gm/dl)

15.42 ± 1.42

15.61 ± 1.59

0.478

Reticulocyte count (%)

1.70 ± 0.82

1.70 ± 0.82

0.984

Urea (mg/dl)

16.73–4.27

16.91–4.29

0.775

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.40–0.22

0.39–0.21

0.732

  1. p: p value for comparing between the studied groups
  2. *: statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05