Adjusted odds ratios and confidence intervals of probiotic supplement use.

†<p>Reference group.</p>*<p><i>P</i><0.05.</p>**<p><i>P</i><0.01.</p>***<p><i>P</i><0.001.</p

Probiotic supplement use according to different characteristic variables.

<p><i>P</i><0.05 is significantly different.</p

Predictors of probiotic supplement usage between 7 and 18 months.

†<p>Reference group.</p>*<p><i>P</i><0.05.</p>**<p><i>P</i><0.01.</p>***<p><i>P</i><0.001.</p

A scatter plot figure with bilirubin (on the X-axis) and the corresponding hydrogen peroxide levels with Logarithmic transformation (on the Y-axis) was presented.

<p>There is a linear relationship between these 2 values. The regression equation is H₂O₂ signal = 3.371+0.108*Bilirubin. The P value is <0.0001.</p

Clinical characteristics of the study population.

<p>Data are presented as mean±SD or numbers of infants (%). The age was the birth year.</p>a<p>In those <3 years, i.e. born after Jan. 2005, the body weight at first HBV vaccination was >2000 g. For those born before 2005, the first dose was given at body weight >2,200 g.</p

Maternal hepatitis B carrier status of the study population.

a<p>The percentage was all calculated by case number divided with total number (n = 155).</p>b<p>Maternal HBsAg (+): maternal positive HBsAg tested during pregnancy; Maternal HBeAg (+): maternal positive HBeAg tested during pregnancy;</p

Enrollment of the study population.

<p>Enrollment of the study population.</p

Bilirubin concentrations and hydrogen peroxide levels increased similarly during the first few days.

<p>The correlation between these two variables was 0.454, <i>P</i><0.001. The left y-axis is the bilirubin concentration, whereas the right y-axis is the H₂O₂ (luminol) signal. The y-axis scale is logarithmic because of the high luminal signal values.</p

The results of hepatitis B virus serology of the study population.

a<p>Anti-HBs seropositivity: defined as serum level >10 mIU/ml.</p><p>GMT: geometric mean titer.</p

Comparison of demographic and cord blood data between newborns in the less severe hyperbilirubinemic group and the five newborns who developed severe hyperbilirubinemia despite having a low cord blood hydorgen peroxide level.

<p>Abbreviations: GA, gestational age; BW, body weight.</p><p>BW loss: physiological body weight loss = (birth weight−lowest body weight)/birth weight.</p><p>↓ or ↑: beyond mean ±1 standard deviation when compared with the less severe icteric group.</p><p>↑*: bilirubin concentration beyond mean ±0.5 standard deviation when compared with the less severe hyperbilirubinemic group.</p