Table 3

Commencement of enteral feeding, full enteral feeding, and days with mother's own milk

2006 (n = 50)

2008 (n = 54)


Mean ± standard deviation

Range

Mean ± standard deviation

Range

p-value


Hours of life at commencement of EF

42.9 ± 26.4

9 - 137

26.6 ± 22.4

3 - 148

0.00

Hours of life at full EF

229.3 ± 190.2

58 - 1235

185.1 ± 117.8

61 - 713

0.16

1 Days with mother's own milk during 28 days of life

24.2 ± 5.5

7 - 29

23.7 ± 7.3

2 - 29

0.70


Values are expressed as mean, standard deviation and range.

Abbreviation: EF: enteral feeding.

1 Days that infants received mother's own milk, either exclusively or partially, directly from the breast or by tube or syringe, during the first 28 days of life.

Utrera Torres et al. International Breastfeeding Journal 2010 5:4   doi:10.1186/1746-4358-5-4

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