Aetiology

Frequency (%)*

Mean age of presentation

mean age ± SD (days)

Prematurity

60 (33.5%)

1.5 ± 2.1

ABO incompatibility

58 (32.4%)

2.5 ± 2.3

Neonatal Sepsis

47 (26.3%)

4.7 ± 2.8

Low birth weight

46 (25.7%)

2.3 ± 3.1

Rhesus incompatibility

6 (3.4%)

1.8 ± 2.1