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Table 3 Estimation of own metabolic control during pregnancy

From: Preventing maternal phenylketonuria (PKU) syndrome: important factors to achieve good metabolic control throughout pregnancy

 

Group "ideal"

Group "suboptimal"

P (Mann–Whitney-U test)

n = 23

n = 51

Realistic n (%)

Overestimation n (%)

Realistic n (%)

Overestimation n (%)

Almost all (> 80%) blood Phe concentrations < 240 µmol/l

16 (70)

0

9 (18)

18 (35)

 

More than half (> 50%) of all blood Phe concentrations < 240 µmol/l

5 (18)

1 (4)

8 (16)

9 (18)

 

Less than half (< 50%) of all blood Phe concentrations < 240 µmol/l

0

0

5 (10)

0

 

Almost all (> 80%) blood Phe concentrations > 240 µmol/l

0

0

0

0

 

Total

21 (88)

1 (4)

22 (44)

27 (53)

 < 0.001

Question not answered

2 (8)

2 (4)