Table 2.
Median frequency (per week) of consumption of certain food/food groups consumed by parents and children from both PKU and Control groups.
| PKU |
Control |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child | Mum | Dad | P value⁎ | Child | Mum | Dad | P value⁎ | |
| Fruit | 18 | 16 | 11 | 0.06 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 0.26 |
| Vegetables | 21 | 19 | 18 | 0.79 | 20 | 26 | 21 | 0.04 |
| Potato fries | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.007 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 |
| Bread (including LP) | 12 | 7 | 8 | 0.0007 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0.31 |
| Pasta (including LP) | 3 | 2 | 2 | < 0.0001 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.31 |
| Rice (including LP) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.61 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.34 |
| Butter/Margarine | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0.45 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0.55 |
| Sweet biscuits (including LP) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.0001 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.49 |
| Cake (including LP) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.41 |
| Sweets | 5 | 0 | 1 | < 0.0001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | < 0.0001 |
| Ice-cream (including LP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.001 |
| Crisps | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0.35 |
| Chocolate (including LP) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.93 |
| Sugary drinks | 5 | 0 | 1 | < 0.0001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 |
| Natural fruit juice | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.61 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0.69 |
| Water | 21 | 21 | 15 | 0.45 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 0.54 |
| Sugar-free drinks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.24 |
| Median number of different foods/week (range) |
33 (12–45) | 40 (19–61) | 44 (14–62) | < 0.0001 | 54 (25–80) | 51 (28–69) | 52 (26–74) | 0.09 |
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Kruskall Wallis LP = low protein.