Table 2 Demographic informations and clinical characteristics of subjects
From: Phenylalanine free infant formula in the dietary management of phenylketonuria
Subject number | Sex | Age at baseline (weeks) | Ethnicity | PKU classification a | % (Number) of days completed in Part I | % (Number) of months completed in Part II | Protein substitute profile at pre-baseline | Source of natural protein | Commencement of solid intake | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of different protein substitutes/day | Type of protein substitutes | Number of doses/day | Total protein equivalent from all protein substitutes (g/day) | Protein equivalent from Phe-free infant formula b g/day (%) | |||||||||
1 | M | 32 | Caucasian | Mild | 50% (14) | Withdrawn | 2 | Infant powder and weaning semi-solid | 3 | 20 | 5 (25%) | Standard infant formula / solid food | 26Â weeks |
2 | M | 36 | Caucasian | Classical | 100% (28) | 100% (12) | 2 | Infant powder and weaning semi-solid | 3 | 29 | 10 (35%) | Solid food | 16Â weeks |
3 | M | 8 | Caucasian | Classical | 100% (28) | Withdrawn | 1 | Infant powder | 6 | 5 | 5 (100%) | Breast milk | Not applicable |
4 | F | 6 | Caucasian | Classical | 100% (28) | 100% (12) | 1 | Infant powder | 5 | 6 | 6 (100%) | Standard infant formula | Not applicable |
5 | M | 10 | Pakistani Asian | Mild | 100% (28) | 100% (12) | 1 | Infant powder | 7 | 8 | 8 (100%) | Standard infant formula | Not applicable |
6 | F | 32 | Caucasian | Classical | 100% (28) | Withdrawn | 2 | Infant powder and weaning semi-solid | 3 | 20 | 10 (50%) | Standard infant formula / solid food | 17Â weeks |
7 | M | 18 | Caucasian | Classical | 100% (28) | 100% (12) | 1 | Infant powder | 6 | 14 | 14 (100%) | Standard infant formula | Not applicable |
8 | M | 17 | Caucasian | Classical | 100% (28) | 100% (12) | 1 | Infant powder | 4 | 10 | 10 (100%) | Standard infant formula | Not applicable |
9 | M | 4 | Caucasian | Classical | 100% (28) | 100% (12) | 1 | Infant powder | 5 | 9 | 9 (100%) | Standard infant formula | Not applicable |
10 | M | 6 | Caucasian | Classical | 100% (28) | 83% (10) | 1 | Infant powder | 6 | 14 | 14 (100%) | Standard infant formula | Not applicable |