Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of patients and healthy controls
| Characteristics | PKU patients | Control group | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean ± SD | n | mean ± SD | n | ||
| Male sex - n (%) | 13 (57) | 11 (39) | |||
| Age - years | 30.8 ± 8.4 | 23 | 30.1 ± 9.1 | 28 | n.s. |
| BMI - kg/m2 | 27.6 ± 5.4 | 21 | 23.4 ± 6.4 | 28 | < 0.001 |
| Heart rate - bpm | 72.8 ± 10.5 | 21 | 62.1 ± 9.9 | 27 | 0.001 |
| Mean arterial pressure - mmHg | 89.9 ± 7.5 | 21 | 84.5 ± 7.1 | 28 | 0.014 |
| Systolic blood pressure - mmHg | 124.6 ± 10.4 | 21 | 116.1 ± 10.7 | 28 | 0.012 |
| Diastolic blood pressure -mmHg | 72.5 ± 6.9 | 21 | 68.6 ± 7.3 | 28 | 0.023 |
| Pulse pressure - mmHg | 52.1 ± 7.1 | 21 | 47.5 ± 10.1 | 28 | n.s. |