|    Baseline |    First intervention week |    Second intervention week |    Third intervention week | |||||||
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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 |