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Severe NJ predisposes the neonates to bilirubin-induced encephalopathy leading to kernicterus-spectrum disorders in the long-term.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n<jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The study was undertaken to determine the risk factors associated with development of significant jaundice in neonates at a teaching hospital in Ghana.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>A retrospective review of patient electronic medical records at the paediatric ward and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) was conducted. Demographics, initial serum bilirubin concentration (total, direct and indirect), full blood count, G6PD status and outcome data were collected. Binary logistic regression models were used to determine the risk factors of NJ severity which was the main outcome. Stata 18.0 software was used for the analysis.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Data on two hundred and ninety-three (293) neonates were extracted of which 247 were used for further analyses after data cleaning. Of these, 30% had significant NJ defined as initial TSB concentration\u2009\u2265\u2009213micromol\/L. 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