Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the patients and controls.

Patients	PKU n = 43	Controls n = 58	p-value
Age, years	28.1 ± 0.96	26.2 ± 0.5	0.434
Female gender, n (%)	21 (48.8)	39 (67.2)	0.064
Smokers, n (%)	8 (18.6)	14 (24.2)	0.546
Body mass index, kg/m2	24.3 ± 0.7	21.9 ± 0.3	0.009
Platelets, nl-1	255 ± 10.2	239 ± 6.7	0.167
Leukocytes, nl-1	6.8 ± 0.3	5.9 ± 0.2	0.031
Cholesterol, mg/dl	160 ± 4.8	168 ± 4.3	0.167
LDL-cholesterol, mg/dl	84.3 ± 4.2	89.9 ± 3.8	0.374
HDL-cholesterol, mg/dl	51.8 ± 2.4	63.1 ± 2.2	0.003
Triglycerides, mg/dl	108.7± 8.9	88.2± 5.3	0.017

Results are shown as mean ± SEM or n (%)