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In this population, we documented the natural history of jaundice and the prevalence of prolonged hyperbilirubinemia, and we evaluated the utility of assessing the cephalocaudal progression of jaundice in office-based practices.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>METHODS:<\/jats:title><jats:p>We measured transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) levels during the first month in 1044 predominantly breastfed infants \u226535 weeks of gestation and assigned a cephalocaudal zone score to each infant at the time of the TcB measurement.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title><jats:p>TcB level was \u22655 mg\/dL in 43% of infants at age 21 \u00b1 3 days and 34% were clinically jaundiced. At 28 \u00b1 3 days, the TcB was \u22655 mg\/dL in 34% and 21% were jaundiced. 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