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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infant Behav Dev. 2010 Apr;33(2):115–124. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2009.12.004

Table 5.

Mean changes (Δ) in weight gain, vagal activity, gastric motility and kilocalories.

Control (N=38) Massage (N=44) F p
ΔWeight Gain (g/kg/day) -.25 (1.20) .37 (.90) 7.17 p<01
ΔVagal Activity -.03 (.29) .43 (.61) 18.23 p<01
ΔGastric Motility .02 (.89) 1.67 (1.65) 8.67 p<.01
ΔKilocalories 2.90 (9.9) 3.74 (10.25) .14 N.S.