Table 1. Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample.

Variable	MT (n = 24)	CG (n = 26)
Sex (female)	12 (50.0%) a	8 (30.8%) a
Gestational age (days)	196.29 8.36) b	187.46 (14.80) b
Birth weight (grams)	1072.08 (346.47) b	858.85 (334.97) b
Length (cm)	36.75 (3.86) b	33.81(4.32) b
Head circumference (cm)	25.40 (2.45) b	24.01 (2.72) b
Mother’s age (years)	33.50 (5.48) b	34.96 (7.51) b

MT = music therapy group; CG = control group

^a = frequency

^b = mean and standard deviation.