CRP and Neonatal sepsis: At the end of the selection process performed by applying 10-fold crossvalidation to a L1-penalized LASSO, 6 variables were identified and included in the final multivariable logit model used for building the Neonatal Sepsis Diagnostic (NeoSeD) Score: Clot firmness amplitude recorded at 10 min (A10, mm), gestational age (GA, weeks), C-reactive protein (CRP, log10 transformation of the value expressed in mg/L) as continuous variables, presence of considerable change in skin color, liver enlargement, and neutrofil left shift.