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. 2012 Jun 27;108(6):1739–1751. doi: 10.1152/jn.00394.2012

Table 1.

Micro- and macrostructure analysis of licking for Ensure

Microstructure Analysis of Licking
Cutoff Criteria No. of clusters Cluster size, s No. of licks/cluster
ICI ≥0.5 s 108 ± 10 14 ± 1 87 ± 8
ICI ≥1 s 48 ± 5 35 ± 3 202 ± 19
ICI ≥5 s 22 ± 2 85 ± 8 473 ± 48
Macrostructure Analysis of Meals
No. of meals Meal size, min Licks/meal
IMI ≥5 min 2.86 ± 0.2 12.43 ± 0.78 2936 ± 215
IMI ≥10 min 2.36 ± 0.12 16.18 ± 0.95 3269 ± 201
IMI ≥15 min 2.2 ± 0.1 19.63 ± 1.97 3503 ± 218
IMI ≥20 min 2.1 ± 0.97 21.9 ± 2.1 3631 ± 213

ICI, inter-cluster interval; IMI, inter-meal interval.