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Table 1 Infant characteristics of preterm infants monitored for a single breastfeed

From: Characterisation of sucking dynamics of breastfeeding preterm infants: a cross sectional study

 

Mean ± SD

Median [IQR]

Range

Birth

 age (weeks)

29.9 ± 2.8

30.6 [28.1, 32.1]

23.6–33.6

 weight (g)

1364 ± 432

1358 [1085, 1716]

540–2080

Current

 age (CGA, weeks)

35.8 ± 1.6

 

32.7–39.9

 age (post natal, weeks)

5.9 ± 3.8

5.2 [3.4, 7.4]

1.0–16.3

 weight (g)

2118 ± 385

 

1430–3220

Suck feeds

 Introduced (CGA, weeks)

33.4 ± 0.8

33.3 [32.9, 33.9]

31.4–35.3

 Introduced (post natal, weeks)

3.4 ± 2.7

2.8 [1.3, 4.9]

0.4–10.6

 Full sucks (CGA, weeks)

36.8 ± 1.2

36.7 [36.0, 37.3]

34.9–40.1

 Full sucks (post natal, weeks)

6.9 ± 3.6

6.0 [4.2, 8.7]

2.4–16.6

Study day

 weeks since first suck

2.4 ± 1.6

2.1 [1.2, 3.7]

0–5.7

 weeks since full sucksa

−1.0 ± 1.2

−1.0 [−1.7, −0.3]

−3.9-1.1

  1. aWeeks since full sucks: negative values indicate the infant was monitored x weeks prior to full suck feeds achieved