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. 2014 Nov 16;1:483–486. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2014.11.003

Table 1.

Number of patients and patient demographics from 8 centres across Europe and Turkey all diagnosed by newborn screening.

PKU centres Total Treatment Children (< 19 years) Adults
Ankara
Data collected in 2008
All patients born ≥ 1982
411 Low phe diet n = 411 n = 397
(219 boys, 178 girls)
Age range: 1.7 months–17.9 years
14
(4 males, 10 females)
Median age 22.9 years (range 19–26 years)
Birmingham
Data collected in 2014
All children born ≥ 1996
85 BH4 + low phe diet n = 7
Low phe diet
n = 78
n = 85
(46 boys, 39 girls)
Age range: 1–17 years
n/a
Brussels
Data collected in 2012
62 BH4 + low phe diet n = 12
Low phe diet n = 50
n = 40
(20 boys, 20 girls)
Age range: 1 year, 3 months–17 years, 11 months
22
(7 males, 15 females)
Median age 19 years, 7 months
Copenhagen
Data collected in 2011
All children born ≥ 1995
85 Low phe diet n = 85 n = 85
(28 boys, 57 girls)
Age range: 6–15 years
n/a
Groningen
Data collected in 2011
78 Low phe diet n = 78a n = 45
(23 boys, 22 girls)
33
(16 males, 17 females)
Madrid
Data collected in 2012
All patients born ≥ 1979
83 BH4 only n = 11
BH4 + low phe diet n = 8
Low phe diet n = 64
n = 49
(21 males, 28 females)
Age range: 1 year–< 19 years
34
(14 males, 20 females)
Munich
Data collected in 2005–2006
All patients born ≥ 1967
32 Low phe diet n = 32 n/a 32
(12 males, 20 females)
Porto
Data collected in 2010–2011.
All patients born ≥ 1982
111 Low phe diet n = 111 n = 82
(51 boys, 31 girls)
Age range: 1 year–< 19 years
29
(10 males, 19 females)
Totals 947 947 783 164
a

25 patients started BH4 for only a short time pre-assessment of overweight/obesity.