Intrauterine Growth Restriction and the Fetal Programming of the Hedonic Response to Sweet Taste in Newborn Infants

Table 1

Study participants’ baseline characteristics according to the solution given.

Sample characteristics	Sucrose (𝑛=10)	Water (𝑛=6)	𝑃
Males (%)	6 (60%)	4 (66.6%)	0.61^§
Birth weight (g)	1032.50 (810.00; 1320.00)	975.00 (822.50; 1411.25)	0.91^*
Gestational age (weeks)	28.00 (25.00; 29.0)	27.50 (26.50; 29.00)	0.87^*
Birth weight ratio	0.99 (0.88; 1.13)	0.92 (0.85; 1.12)	0.75^*

^*Mann-Whitney test and ^§Fisher's Exact test. Data are expressed as median (25th percentile; 75th percentile) or 𝑛 (percentages).