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Comparison of different indices of dietary control in phenylketonuria
Author(s) -
Rupp A,
Burgard P
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1995.tb13686.x
Subject(s) - medicine , phenylketonurias , pediatrics , phenylalanine , biochemistry , amino acid , chemistry
Ten different indices of dietary control (IDCs) applied frequently to investigate compliance of phenylketonuric patients were calculated for a set of blood phenylalanine levels for 98 patients in the German Collaborative Study of Children Treated for Phenylketonuria during their first 9 years of life. The results were compared for similarities and differences. Cluster analysis of longitudinal phenylalanine data was introduced to analyse phenylalanine blood levels independent of a priori defined criteria of classification. Three groups of good, intermediate and poor long–term dietary control were identified. Internal validation of the IDCs was corroborated by the high inter–correlations of the indices. External validity was determined by the inter–relations of the WISC–RIQ and the IDCs. The different algorithms of IDCs suggest different clinical conclusions. To facilitate comparisons of results of future research, IDCs should be standardized.