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Appendix H: Evidence tables

Bibliographic details Study type and Patient characteristics Methodology and interventions Results Reviewers Comments
Evidence level
257 micromol/litre Breastfeeding: Adj OR 1.9 (95% CI 1.3–
Severe: = 257 micromol/litre 2.7)
1-minute Apgar score: Adj OR1.7 (95% CI
1.0–2.9)

3) Risk of recurrence of
hyperbilirubinaemia

Unadjusted OR with 95% CI
3.1 (1.4–6.8)

Adjusted OR with 95% CI

For Mild jaundice
2.7 (1.8–4.1)

For Moderate jaundice
4.1 (1.5–10.8)

For Severe jaundice
12.5 (2.3–65.3)

Beal AC et al.; Study type: Mothers of babies with Maternal and neonatal data Response rate Population not representative
Cross-sectional GA = 35 weeks discharged from extracted from the organisation’s Poor response rate
Year: 2005 survey well-baby nursery of a health database and maternal race Total eligible = 3021
system organisation during categorised into 7 categories – Contacted = 1248
Country: USA Evidence level: III 22 month period American Indian, Asian, African Completed survey = 866
(n = 866) American or black, Hispanic,
18 Middle Eastern or Arabic, Agreement between Medical record
Exclusion: Caucasian or white, and Others documented maternal race vs Mother self-
BW< 2000 g, reported race
GA< 35 weeks, Computerised telephonic survey
babies who stayed = 3 days in an conducted to collect further
intensive care nursery, information from mothers about White: 64.1%
babies with their experience of breastfeeding, Black: 69.6%
Hispanic: 97%
TSB = 171 micromol/litre in the neonatal care, Middle Eastern: 50%
first 24 hours. hyperbilirubinaemia detection, Asian: 35%
interventions and education, and
racial ancestry for mother, father American Indian: 0%
and newborn (allowing = 5 Others: 4.3%

responses for ancestry of each) Relationship between newborn’s, mother’s

and father’s first-named race for newborns
reported to be = 2 races

First-named race same for all = 40.9%
Newborn and mother’s race same = 22.6%
Newborn and father’s race same = 24.7%

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