Table 4.
Pattern of infants born to SCM and normal mothers at each time point.
Days Postpartum | Feeding Frequency (per day) | Intake Per Feed (kg/feed) | Daily intake (kg/day) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median | Average | Median | Average | Median | Average | ||
(Q1, Q3) | (± SD) | (Q1, Q3) | (± SD) | (Q1, Q3) | (± SD) | ||
Day 2 | SCM | 9 (8, 10.75) | 9.56 ± 2.25 | 0.02 (0.01, 0.04) | 0.03 ± 0.03 | 0.21 (0.12, 0.36) | 0.29 ± 0.22 |
Normal | 9 (8, 11) | 9.54 ± 2.55 | 0.03 (0.02, 0.04) | 0.03 ± 0.02 | 0.27 (0.18, 0.35) | 0.28 ± 0.15 | |
Day 17 | SCM | 8 (6.75, 8) | 7.80 ± 1.51 | 0.07 (0.04, 0.10) | 0.07 ± 0.04 | 0.52 (0.36, 0.74) | 0.55 ± 0.24 |
Normal | 9 (7, 10) | 8.9 ± 1.95 | 0.07 (0.05, 0.09) | 0.07 ± 0.04 | 0.60 (0.45, 0.70) | 0.61 ± 0.20 | |
Day 30 | SCM | 7.5 (7, 9) | 7.94 ± 1.95 | 0.09 (0.06, 0.11) | 0.09 ± 0.04 | 0.66 (0.57, 0.73) | 0.67 ± 0.18 |
Normal | 8 (7, 10) | 8.39 ± 1.88 | 0.09 (0.06, 0.12) | 0.09 ± 0.04 | 0.70 (0.54, 0.87) | 0.73 ± 0.25 | |
Day 60 | SCM | 7 (6,8) | 7.24 ± 1.64 | 0.10 (0.06, 0.13) | 0.10 ± 0.04 | 0.72 (0.61, 0.82) | 0.69 ± 0.18 |
Normal | 7 (6, 8) | 7.13 ± 1.78 | 0.11 (0.08, 0.14) | 0.11 ± 0.05 | 0.75 (0.60, 0.90) | 0.77 ± 0.27 | |
Day 90 | SCM | 7 (6, 8.25) | 7.33 ± 1.78 | 0.12 (0.10, 0.14) | 0.12 ± 0.03 | 0.94 * (0.68, 1.03) | 0.89 * ± 0.25 |
Normal | 6 (5, 7) | 6.26 ± 1.58 | 0.12 (0.09, 0.16) | 0.13 ± 0.05 | 0.75 (0.62, 0.90) | 0.76 ± 0.21 | |
Day 120 | SCM | 6 (6, 7.5) | 6.47 ± 1.36 | 0.13 (0.08, 0.15) | 0.12 ± 0.05 | 0.75 (0.66, 0.81) | 0.72 ± 0.25 |
Normal | 6 (5, 7) | 5.94 ± 1.62 | 0.13 (0.09, 0.17) | 0.14 ± 0.06 | 0.73 (0.66, 0.91) | 0.77 ± 0.23 |
* p = 0.032.