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Table 3 Results of infant behaviour diaries collected at the 2 week visit, according to randomised group (results are median (25th, 75th centiles) minutes per day spent in each behavioural state)

From: Infant feeding bottle design, growth and behaviour: results from a randomised trial

 

Bottle A

Bottle B

 

Breast

 
 

n = 22

n = 18

p*

n = 47

p**

Minutes per day

     

Crying

0 (0,16)

1 (0,19)

0.8

0 (0,37)

0.9

Fussing

40 (9,73)

85 (40,109)

0.045

65 (25,105)

0.13

Colic

0 (0,16)

0 (0,16)

0.8

0 (0,10)

1.0

Awake and happy

215 (156,279)

182 (130,308)

0.5

203 (150,285)

0.7

Asleep

914 (808,978)

933 (815,1005)

0.7

861 (783,935)

0.2

Feeding

235 (173,278)

195 (128,282)

0.4

245 (210,304)

0.1

  1. * Mann-Whitney bottle A versus bottle B
  2. ** Kruskal-Wallis