ALB and Hyperbilirubinemia: A retrospective study conducted with 1360 newborns stated that cord blood bilirubin levels showed a significant predictivity in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (AUC = 0.80) within the first 48 hours of life.[9] Sahan et al[16] investigated the predictive value of cord blood bilirubin and bilirubin/albumin ratio in 217 healthy term newborns, and they suggested that these 2 parameters expressed significant value in estimating indirect neonatal hyperbilirubinemia along with the higher sensitivity and specificity of cord blood bilirubin/albumin ratio (74.2% and 61.8%, respectively).