EVALUATION OF GROWTH IN LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP IN INDIVIDUALS WITH PHENYLKETONURIA

Objective: The aim of our study was to evaluate the anthropo metric parameters of patients with Phenylketonuria (PKU) re ceiving special nutritional therapy and how these parameters changed over time, and to evaluate anthropometric measure ments in the early years of life in terms of predicting the...

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Main Authors: Mehmet Cihan Balcı, Ayşe Gül Güven, Meryem Karaca, Gülden Gökçay
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Published: Istanbul University Press 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/4C1AA7F75F6F412695A2BD4C97AACAC9
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author Mehmet Cihan Balcı
Ayşe Gül Güven
Meryem Karaca
Gülden Gökçay
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Meryem Karaca
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description Objective: The aim of our study was to evaluate the anthropo metric parameters of patients with Phenylketonuria (PKU) re ceiving special nutritional therapy and how these parameters changed over time, and to evaluate anthropometric measure ments in the early years of life in terms of predicting the devel opment of overweight/obesity later in life.Material and Methods: In this single-centre, long-term, obser vational, and descriptive study, 102 individuals with phenylke tonuria who were diagnosed in the first two months of life and initiated nutritional treatment were included.Results: The ratios of overweight and obesity were found to be lower in our patient group compared with the general population in both evaluations. The weight-for-age (p=0.000), heightfor-age (p=0.000), weight-for-height (p=0.000), and body mass index (p=0.052) of the patients decreased compared with the evaluation at the baseline of the follow-up period. Forty-six patients had a change in their anthropometric evaluations.Conclusion: Monitoring anthropometric measurements and body composition changes in all patient groups receiving specialised nutritional therapies is critical in determining and monitoring treatment efficacy. The reason for the low ratios of obesity and overweight in our patient group compared with the healthy population is thought to be the close monitoring of nutritional therapies and anthropometric parameters of the patients in the follow-up.
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spelling doaj-art-bb39dbf93c294c25b07a11221cfa4ad22025-08-20T02:58:39ZengIstanbul University Pressİstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi1305-64412025-01-01881384410.26650/IUITFD.1552678123456EVALUATION OF GROWTH IN LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP IN INDIVIDUALS WITH PHENYLKETONURIAMehmet Cihan Balcı0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3384-8679Ayşe Gül Güven1https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1186-0996Meryem Karaca2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0662-7344Gülden Gökçay3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3726-5726İstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, TürkiyeObjective: The aim of our study was to evaluate the anthropo metric parameters of patients with Phenylketonuria (PKU) re ceiving special nutritional therapy and how these parameters changed over time, and to evaluate anthropometric measure ments in the early years of life in terms of predicting the devel opment of overweight/obesity later in life.Material and Methods: In this single-centre, long-term, obser vational, and descriptive study, 102 individuals with phenylke tonuria who were diagnosed in the first two months of life and initiated nutritional treatment were included.Results: The ratios of overweight and obesity were found to be lower in our patient group compared with the general population in both evaluations. The weight-for-age (p=0.000), heightfor-age (p=0.000), weight-for-height (p=0.000), and body mass index (p=0.052) of the patients decreased compared with the evaluation at the baseline of the follow-up period. Forty-six patients had a change in their anthropometric evaluations.Conclusion: Monitoring anthropometric measurements and body composition changes in all patient groups receiving specialised nutritional therapies is critical in determining and monitoring treatment efficacy. The reason for the low ratios of obesity and overweight in our patient group compared with the healthy population is thought to be the close monitoring of nutritional therapies and anthropometric parameters of the patients in the follow-up.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/4C1AA7F75F6F412695A2BD4C97AACAC9phenylketonurianutrition therapybody mass indexobesityoverweight
spellingShingle Mehmet Cihan Balcı
Ayşe Gül Güven
Meryem Karaca
Gülden Gökçay
EVALUATION OF GROWTH IN LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP IN INDIVIDUALS WITH PHENYLKETONURIA
İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi
phenylketonuria
nutrition therapy
body mass index
obesity
overweight
title EVALUATION OF GROWTH IN LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP IN INDIVIDUALS WITH PHENYLKETONURIA
title_full EVALUATION OF GROWTH IN LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP IN INDIVIDUALS WITH PHENYLKETONURIA
title_fullStr EVALUATION OF GROWTH IN LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP IN INDIVIDUALS WITH PHENYLKETONURIA
title_full_unstemmed EVALUATION OF GROWTH IN LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP IN INDIVIDUALS WITH PHENYLKETONURIA
title_short EVALUATION OF GROWTH IN LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP IN INDIVIDUALS WITH PHENYLKETONURIA
title_sort evaluation of growth in long term follow up in individuals with phenylketonuria
topic phenylketonuria
nutrition therapy
body mass index
obesity
overweight
url https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/4C1AA7F75F6F412695A2BD4C97AACAC9
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