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Table 2 Volume of DHM and donation times for each period

From: Donor and newborn profiles and their influence on donation volume and duration: a cross-sectional study in a Spanish human milk bank

 

P1 (n = 51)

P2 (n = 25)

P-value

Donated volume / day (mL)

90 (55)

90 (48)

0.626

Total volume (mL)

3378.55 ± 7445.79

4339.52 ± 11025.45

0.758

Time elapsed after childbirth (weeks)

19 (35.9)

8.7 (31.4)

0.047

Total donation time (weeks)

4.71 ± 6.60

4.83 ± 8.07

0.996

  1. Variables are presented as mean ± SD or median (IQR), and period differences were assessed via Student-t or U Mann-Whitney test, respectively. P1 annual period 1 (April 2019 – March 2020), encompassing donors from the first year after opening, P2 annual period 2 (April 2020 – March 2021), encompassing donors from the second year of operation. Total volume and total donation time were log10 transformed for the analyses. Significant differences in bold (p < 0.05)
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International Breastfeeding Journal

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