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Table 2 Feeding practices one week post discharge

From: Cup versus bottle feeding for hospitalized late preterm infants in Egypt: A quasi-experimental study

Feeding practices

Bottle group

N = 30

n (%)

Cup group

N = 30

n (%)

t

p

Proportion of breastfeeding

64.4 (29.5)

80.2 (25.7)

2.22

0.03

No. of breastfeeds/day

6.8 (3.4)

8.5 (3.1)

2.07

0.04

No. of bottle feeds/day

3.6 (3.0)

1.8 (1.9)

2.79

< 0.01

Bottle feeding

20 (56)

16 (44)

1.11

0.22

   Formula

15 (75)

7 (44)

  

   Expressed breast milk

1 (5)

0 (0)

  

   Ritualistic feeds

3 (15)

9 (56)

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