Table 1 Demographics and feeding characteristics.

From: Feeding characteristics of healthy infants without reported feeding impairments throughout the first month of life

Demographics

 Sex

   Male

37 (61%)

   Female

24 (39%)

 Race

   Black/African American

1 (2%)

   Asian

3 (5%)

   White

59 (97%)

   Other

1 (2%)

Feeding modality

  Exclusively breast

25 (41%)

  Mixed breast and bottle

36 (59%)

Bottle nipple

  Extra slow

59 (9%)

  Slow

307 (47%)

  Medium

194 (30%)

  Fast

89 (14%)

  1. Values shown are number of infants (%) except for bottle nipple flow rates, which depict the number of feeds (%) due to caregivers using different bottle nipples throughout the study. Percentages were rounded to the nearest whole number and may not add up to 100%. Participants could pick more than one race when asked.
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