. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 31.

Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Mother Care. 2015 Aug 10;1(1):102.

Table 4.

Oral feeding outcomes assessed at first oral feeding

Group	34 Week	35 Week	P Value^*
Overall Transfer (%) [COV]^†	88 ± 24 (100) ^# [27%]	97 ± 8 (100) [8%]	0.135
Rate of Transfer (ml/min)	1.4 ± 0.8 (1.9)	2.4 ± 1.7 (3.0)	0.007
Proficiency (%)	44 ± 25 (57)	72 ± 30 (100)	0.001
Feeding duration (min)	11.5 ± 5.1 (10.0)	8.6 ± 4.7 (8.0)	0.063

Independent t-test,

Mean ± SD (median),

^†

COV: Coefficient of Variation (% SD/Mean)