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Table 2.

Overall feeding outcomes

Oral Feedings/day	1–2		p^*	6–8		p^*
	Standard	Self-Paced		Standard	Self-Paced
Overall Transfer (%)	50.09 ± 32.02^#	93.64 ± 13.71	<0.001	70.18 ± 34.18	97.20 ± 10.83	0.007
Efficiency (EFF; ml/min)	0.94 ± 0.55	2.41 ± 0.80	<0.001	1.71 ± 0.92	4.48 ± 1.46	<0.001
Proficiency (PRO; %)	18.0 ± 11.0	41.2 ± 14.7	<0.001	27.1 ± 16.4	55.7 ± 19.7	<0.001

Mean ± SD

independent t-test between groups at each period