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Table 1 Demographic analysis of classic and atypical PKU

From: The value of simultaneous determination of blood large neutral amino acids and tetrahydrobiopterin metabolites in the diagnosis of atypical hyperphenylalaninemia

 

Stat

Classic PKU, n = 46

Atypical PKU, n = 14

Control, n = 50

P-value

Age (months)

Min-Max

2–132

0.75–108

0.5–132

 

Mean ± SD

56.7 ± 35.4

50.6 ± 33.8

44.5 ± 39.4

 

Median (IQR)

60 (88%)

48 (58)

36 (84%)

> 0.05

Gender

Male

28 (60%)

8 (57%)

26 (52%)

> 0.05

Female

18 (40%)

6 (43%)

24 (48%)

BMI

Median (IQR)

24 (11)

20 (9)

16 (6)

> 0.05

Consanguinity

Yes

36 (87%)

14 (100%)bc

14 (31%)

< 0.05

No

10 (13%)

0 (0%)

36 (69%)

  1. PKU phenylketonuria, SD standard deviation, Min minimum, Max maximum, IQR interquartile range, K Kruskal-Wallis test comparison among all groups
  2. *P-value < 0.05 indicates a statistically significant relation
  3. aP < 0.05 in classic PKU vs. control
  4. bP < 0.05 atypical PKU vs. control
  5. cP < 0.05 classical PKU vs. atypical PKU