International Journal of Pediatrics

Research Article

Oxygen Saturation and Suck-Swallow-Breathe Coordination of Term Infants during Breastfeeding and Feeding from a Teat Releasing Milk Only with Vacuum

Table 3

Number of sucks, swallows, and breaths per burst and the suck: swallow: breathe (SSwB) ratios during the monitored breastfeed and the feed from the experimental teat during nutritive (NS) and non-nutritive (NNS) sucking.


	Burst	Breast	Teat	^# value

	NS	19.5 (12.0, 28.5)	10.5 (7.8, 15.3)	ⁱⁱ0.04
Sucks	NNS	6.0 (5.0, 9.0)	6.0 (3.8, 9.8)	ⁱⁱ0.04
	value^*	ⁱⁱ0.04
	NS	6.0 (3.0, 11.3)	4.0 (2.0, 7.3)	0.38
Swallows	NNS	1.0 (0.0)	0.5 (0.0, 1.0)	0.38
	value^*	<0.001
	NS	12.5 (7.0, 17.8)	7.0 (4.0, 10.3)	0.7
Breaths	NNS	4.0 (3.0, 6.0)	5.0 (2.8, 7.3)	0.7
	value^*	0.03
	NS	3.1 (2.1, 4.9)	2.7 (1.7, 3.7)	0.14
Sucks per swallow	NNS	6.0 (4.0, 9.0)	6.5 (5.8, 10.0)	0.14
	value^*	<0.001
	NS	1.7 (1.3, 2.0)	1.7 (1.2, 2.0)	0.13
Sucks per breath	NNS	1.5 (1.0, 2.0)	1.3 (1.0, 1.9)	0.13
	value^*	0.08
	NS	1.9 (1.3, 2.5)	1.6 (1.3, 2.2)	ⁱⁱ
Breaths per swallow	NNS	4.0 (3.0, 5.0)	5.0 (3.4, 8.3)	ⁱⁱ
	value^*	ⁱⁱ

NS: nutritive sucking and NNS: non-nutritive sucking.
Results are median (interquartile range).
value between NS and NNS.
value between the breast and teat.
ⁱⁱSignificant interaction between the breast and teat with NS and NNS.