Table 6.

Vacuum relationships during the monitored breastfeed and the feed from the experimental teat.

	Burst type	Breast	Teat	# P value
	NS	−68.4(−92.3, −47.2)	−32.4(−40.5, −25.3)	<0.001
	*P value	0.02	<0.001
	NNS	−52.9(−89.9, −31.8)	−21.4(−29.7, −15.5)	<0.001
Mean vacuum (mmHg)	NP	−15.3(−28.2, − 6.7)	−7.9(−11.3, − 4.7)	<0.001
	*P value	<0.001	<0.001
	NNP	−14.0(−29.7, − 8.3)	−6.9(−8.0, − 5.4)	<0.001
	*P value	<0.001	<0.001

NS: nutritive sucking, NNS: non-nutritive sucking, NP: nutritive pausing, and NNP: non-nutritive pausing.

Results are median (interquartile range).

*P value compared to NNS.

^# P value between the breast and teat.