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Table 1 Average number of mouth stretches per scan and rates of mouth stretching per 100 s of scan [with 95 % confidence intervals] for the sound and control groups by gestational age

From: Do fetuses move their lips to the sound that they hear? An observational feasibility study on auditory stimulation in the womb

 

Average number of movements observed per scan

Relative frequency (movements per 100 s of scan)

 

32 weeks

36 weeks

32 weeks

36 weeks

Sound

1.67 [0.63, 3.65]

2.67 [1.26, 5.23]

0.89 [0.33, 1.94]

1.38 [0.65, 2.60]

Control

2.50 [1.77, 3.44]

0.64 [0.32, 1.17]

0.44 [0.31, 0.60]

0.11 [0.15, 0.20]

  1. 95 % confidence intervals calculated using Byar’s method for rates [39]