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