Table 1b.
Comparison (Kruskal–Wallis) of dietary regimes regarding median Phe-concentrations (in μmol/l and in % above therapeutic limit), age, Phe-intake, adherence to amino acid mixture and burden of dietary regime for adolescents.
| Dietary regime |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
p | ᵡ2 | df |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 3 | |||
| Age [years]: median (range) | 13 (10–15) | 13 (10–15) | 12 (10–13) | 12 (10–15) | 12 (11–15) | 0.657 | 2.433 | 4 |
| Age [years]: mean (SD) | 12.2 (2.2) | 12.5 (2.0) | 11.5 (1.3) | 12.5 (1.8) | 12.7 (2.1) | |||
| Therapeutic range [μmol/l] | 42–900 | 42–900 | 42–900 | 42–900 | 42–900 | |||
| Median Phe-concentration [μmol/l] | 361 | 565 | 532 | 627 | 629 | 0.831 | 1.577 | 4 |
| Median Phe-concentration [μmol/l]: range | 119–810 | 170–1157 | 119–844 | 184–812 | 584–802 | |||
| Median Phe-concentration [μmol/l]: interquartile range(IQR) | 232–713 | 310–716 | 298–655 | 360–757 | 584–802 | |||
| Median Phe-concentrations > therapeutic range [%] | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.393 | 4.178 | 4 |
| Median Phe-concentrations > therapeutic range [%]: range | 0–50 | 0–83 | 0–33 | 0–17 | 0–33 | |||
| Median Phe-concentrations > therapeutic range [%]: IQR | 0–25 | 0–38 | 0–17 | 0–4 | 0–33 | |||
| Phe intake [mg]: median (range) | 500 (190–750) | 355 (200–750) | 350 (200–650) | 420 (290–750) | 550 (500–650) | 0.212 | 5.835 | 4 |
| Adherence to amino acid mixture: median (range) | 5 (4–5) | 5 (4–5) | 5 (1–5) | 5 (4–5) | 5 (5–5) | 0.405 | 4.018 | 4 |
| Burden of dietary regime: median (range) | 3 (2–5) | 3 (1–4) | 3 (1–5) | 3 (1–5) | 4 (2–3) | 0.819 | 1.627 | 4 |