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Table 2 Stooling and feeding during the baseline week and the three intervention weeks (Mann-Whitney U test was used.)

From: Feeding, stooling and sleeping patterns in infants with colic - a randomized controlled trial of minimal acupuncture

 

   Baseline

   First intervention week

   Second intervention week

   Third intervention week

Categories of feeding or stooling

Acupuncture group

(n =43)

Control group

(n =38)

Acupuncture group

(n =43)

Control group

(n =38)

P value

Acupuncture group

(n =43)

Control group

(n =38)

P value

Acupuncture group

(n =43)

Control group

(n =38)

P value

Feeding, times/day Median

(quartiles, 25 and 75%)

8,0

(7.2-10.0)

8,0

(6.9-9.1)

8,1

(7.0-9.7)

7,9

(6.9-9.6)

0.602

8,1

(7.0-9.7)

7,8

(6.7-8.9)

0.435

8,4

(6.9-9.6)

7,7

(6.5-9.6)

0.660

Feeding, minutes/day Median

(quartiles, 25 and 75%)

155

(113-193)

140

(118-178)

154

(107-196)

157

(114-189)

0.723

153

(112-186)

164

(114-177)

0.748

140

(108-196)

145

(104-188)

0.854

Stoolings, total times/day

Median (quartiles, 25 and 75%)

4,1

(2.2-6.0)

4,3

(2.7-6.5)

3,9

(2.0-5.4)

4,1

(1.9-5.9)

0.698

2,6

(1.3-4.9)

3,6

(1.6-5.2)

0.463

2,1

(1.1-4.7)

3,1

(1.0-4.6)

0.902

Stoolings, large/day

Median (quartiles, 25 and 75%)

2,5

(1.3-3.7)

2,5

(1.3-4.3)

2,3

(1.3-3.4)

2,6

(1.4-3.9)

0.538

1,7

(1.0-3.4)

2,2

(1.1-3.9)

0.570

1,7

(1.1-3.4)

1,8

(0.9-3.6)

0.846

Stoolings, small/day

Median (quartiles, 25 and 75%)

1,2

(0.3-3.0)

1,8

(0.4-2.7)

1,0

(0.4-2.0)

1,1

(0.3-2.0)

0.827

0,7

(0.1-1.3)

0,7

(0.1-1.7)

0.546

0,3

(0.0-1.7)

0,6

(0.0-1.6)

0.583