Table 3

Scores of Beck depression and STAI inventories of parents of patients and healthy controls.

ScoresPKU patientsHealthy controlsP-value*
MotherFatherMotherFather
BDI13.6±8.6†9.1±9.75.7±4.64.4±1.20.000
STAI-S39.8±8.5†34.5±11.232.6±7.728.5±7.00.001
STAI-T44.4±6.7†40.0±6.338.2±7.132.1±5.6‡0.000

  • BDI - Scores of Beck depression, STAI - State-trait anxiety

  • ↵* Kruskal Wallis test,

  • ↵† patients’ mother versus other groups, p<0.05 (Mann-Whitney U-test);

  • ↵‡ healthy controls’ father versus other groups, p<0.05 (Mann-Whitney U-test)