Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients and healthy controls
From: The cardiovascular phenotype of adult patients with phenylketonuria
Characteristics | PKU patients | Control group | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | mean ± SD | n | mean ± SD | n |  |
Male sex - n (%) | Â | 13 (57) | Â | 11 (39) | Â |
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. |