Table 4.
Weight gain during oral feedings.
| Groups | N | Weight gain per week (grams) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infants | Observations | LS mean | SE | 95% CI | ||
| Intervention | ||||||
| Group 1 | 18 | 467 | 202.5 | 9.3 | 184.1 | 221.0 |
| Group 2 | 25 | 627 | 206.0 | 8.1 | 190.0 | 222.1 |
| Group 3 | 24 | 446 | 206.1 | 8.1 | 189.9 | 222.4 |
| Group 4 | 19 | 297 | 207.1 | 9.1 | 188.9 | 225.3 |
| Morbidity | ||||||
| NMI 1 | 22 | 290 | 214.5 | 8.9 | 196.7 | 232.3 |
| NMI 2 | 19 | 279 | 215.2 | 9.7 | 195.9 | 234.5 |
| NMI 3 | 26 | 659 | 214.7 | 7.1 | 200.5 | 228.9 |
| NMI 4 | 7 | 224 | 169.01 | 13.7 | 141.8 | 196.3 |
| NMI 5 | 12 | 385 | 213.6 | 10.8 | 192.3 | 235.2 |
1Significantly different from NMI 3 at p = 0.05.