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. 2018 Feb 27;148(2):194–201. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxx039

TABLE 1.

Participant characteristics1

Study design
FA profile of RBC Plasma Urine
membranes metabolomics metabolomics
Variable (n = 25) (n = 10) (n = 9)
Sex (F/M), n 15/10 6/4 5/4
Age group, n
 Adults (≥18 y) 25 8 6
 Adolescents (15–17 y) 0 2 3
Age, y 29 ± 7 28 ± 10 25 ± 9
Genotype, n
 Classical PKU 18 5 4
 Variant PKU 7 5 5
Sapropterin dihydrochloride use, n 3 1 2
BMI, kg/m2 26.2 ± 4.7 27.3 ± 5.8 25.8 ± 3.9
Plasma Phe, µmol/L 703 ± 295 635 ± 288 722 ± 257
Plasma glucose, mg/dL 84 ± 8 86 ± 9 87 ± 9

1Values are means ± SDs unless otherwise indicated. Information on participant characteristics shown here was obtained during visit 1 of the previously reported clinical trial (23). PKU, phenylketonuria.