Table 2
Mean time (h) gastric pH stays over 4 in preterm and term infants after receiving three different doses of ranitidine
| Gestational age (weeks) | Different doses of ranitidine treatment (mg/kg body weight) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | |||||||||
| mean (h) | SD | N | mean (h) | SD | N | mean (h) | SD | N | |||
| 28–36 | 10.17 | 1.3 | 3 | 12.75 | 2.2 | 4 | 20.75 | 1.1 | 2 | ||
| 37–42 | 4.75 | 1.1 | 2 | 6.50 | 1.4 | 2 | 7.67 | 0.8 | 3 | ||
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Two way analysis of variance: weeks: p<0.001, dose: p<0.001, interaction p=0.005.
