Effect of Four Approaches to Oral Feeding Progression on Clinical Outcomes in Preterm Infants

Table 2

Participant characteristics.

	Feeding approach (intervention) groups
	Group 1: 32 slow ()	Group 2: 32 max ()	Group 3: 34 slow ()	Group 4: 34 max ()
Gender
Female	10	11	10	11
Male	8	14	14	8
Race
Black	15	19	18	16
White	2	4	5	2
>1 race	0	1	1	1
Not reported	1	1	0	0
Mean Birthweight in grams (SD; min–max)	1349 (404; 700–1970)	1447 (392; 630–2465)	1355 (382; 590–1930)	1362 (282; 880–1700)
Mean birth gestation in weeks (SD; min–max)	29.5 (2.5; 24–32)	29.9 (2.2; 24–32)	29.9 (2.2; 24–32)	29.9 (2.1; 25–32)
Morbidity
NMI Classification
1	4	6	7	5
2	5	4	6	4
3	4	10	6	6
4	2	2	1	2
5	3	3	4	2