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Table 3 Enteral feeding volumes of all included infants per day and during NIRS measurement

From: The effect of enteral bolus feeding on regional intestinal oxygen saturation in preterm infants is age-dependent: a longitudinal observational study

Day

Feeding mL/kg/day

Feeding mL/kg/measurement

 2 (n = 29)

20.8 (17.8–26.7)

2.1 (1.4–2.7)

 3 (n = 29)

39.4 (27.9–43.3)

2.8 (2.3–4.1)

 4 (n = 29)

56.3 (34.5–63.2)

4.4 (3.2–6.2)

 5 (n = 29)

73.1 (44.5–80.9)

5.6 (3.9–7.8)

 8 (n = 27)

101.2 (68.1–125.7)

8.9 (5.3–12.7)

 15 (n = 23)

149.3 (88.8–152.3)

12.4 (8.7–13.3)

 22 (n = 17)

150.1 (139.8–156.2)

14.0 (12.2–19.0)

 29 (n = 12)

145.4 (127.7–153.2)

17.2 (11.9–18.6)

 36 (n = 10)

149.5 (125.7–154.1)

18.4 (14.8–19.1)

  1. The data are expressed as median (interquartile range)