“…Neonatal pathological jaundice has been found to be influenced by a variety of medical, maternal and neonatal factors, such as gestational age, birth weight, family history of jaundice, maternal diseases and blood factors [9][10][11][12][13] . Routine blood test as a simple and inexpensive method is being recommended by more and more studies as an initial step to assist in the diagnosis of neonatal pathological jaundice 14,15 . Given the correlation between maternal and fetal hemograms 16 , abnormal maternal blood parameter levels may be important factors in reflecting the risk of neonatal jaundice early, but these links and mechanisms are poorly understood.…”