Effect of early micro-breastfeeding on growth rate and postpartum depression in preterm infants with low-birth-weight

Table 2 Comparison of feeding between the two groups

Feeding situation	Observer group (n = 36)	Control group (n = 32)	t value	P value
Time when weight begins to increase (day)	6.49 ± 0.53	7.09 ± 0.61	4.340	< 0.001
Complete emptying time of meconium (day)	6.28 ± 0.92	8.31 ± 1.17	7.996	< 0.001
Recovery time to birth weight (day)	8.81 ± 1.40	10.95 ± 1.64	5.805	< 0.001
Full enteral feeding reaching time (day)	12.29 ± 2.08	15.48 ± 2.27	6.047	< 0.001