Table 3.
PMA and time in days to full oral feeding and discharge from first oral feeding.
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| Group 1: 32 slow (n = 18) | Group 2: 32 max (n = 25) | Group 3: 34 slow (n = 24) | Group 4: 34 max (n = 19) | |
| Mean time in days from 1st oral feeding to full oral feedings (SD; min–max) | 17.8 (1.9; 14.0–21.6) | 17.8 (1.6; 14.6–21.0) | 14.1 (1.9; 10.8–17.4) | 8.82 (1.9; 5.1–12.4) |
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| Mean PMA in weeks at full oral feeding (SD; min–max) | 34.8 (0.286; 34.2–35.4) | 34.8 (0.243; 34.3–35.3) | 36.01 (0.253; 35.4–36.4) | 35.1 (0.284; 34.6–35.7) |
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| Mean time in days from 1st oral feeding to discharge (SD; min–max) | 25.7 (2.2; 21.2–30.1) | 24.8 (1.9; 21.1–28.6) | 19.33 (1.9; 15.4–23.1) | 15.12 (2.2; 10.8–19.4) |
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| PMA in weeks at discharge (SD; min–max) | 35.9 (0.337; 35.3–36.6) | 35.8 (0.286; 35.3–36.4) | 36.7 (0.286; 36.1–37.2) | 36.0 (0.329; 35.4–36.7) |
1Significantly different from Groups 1 and 2 at p < 0.05.
2Significantly different from Groups 1 and 2 at p < 0.01.
3Significantly different from Group 1 at p = 0.03.