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Table 2 Scores according to the Schedule for Oral Motor Assessment categories

From: Investigation of the relationship between oral motor feeding development and gross motor development between preterm and term infants at 10- to 12-month postnatal age

 

Study group ( n  = 29)

Median (IQR)

Control group ( n  = 28)

Median (IQR)

Mann–Whitney U -test

p

SOMA (puree)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–0)

0.005

SOMA (solids)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0.01

SOMA (semisolids)

0 (0–0.75)

0 (0–0)

0.005

SOMA (cracker)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0.035

SOMA (bottle)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0.083

SOMA (cup)

1 (0–2)

0 (0–1)

0.126

SOMA (total)

2 (0–3.5)

0 (0–1)

0.009

  1. IQR Interquartile range
  2. p < 0.05