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Table 1 General characteristics of patients with MSUD

From: Oral health status of children and young adults with maple syrup urine disease in Turkey

Characteristics

n

%

Sex

  

Female

10

40

Male

15

60

Age ranges (years)

  

2–6

7

28

7–12

10

40

 ≥ 13

8

32

X ± SD = 9.88 ± 5.68; 1.-3. Quartiles = (5.5–14); Min–Max = (2–26)

Education level of father

  

Illiterate

1

4

Primary

13

52

Secondary

3

12

High School

3

12

University

5

20

Education level of mother

  

Primary

18

72

Secondary

4

16

High School

3

12

Intellectual disability

  

No

4

16

Yes

21

84

Mild

11

44

Moderate

4

16

Severe

6

24

Nutritional Habits

  

 Main meala

  

  2

5

20

  3

17

68

  4–5

2

8

 Snack

  

  2–3

15

60

  4–5

7

28

  6–7

2

8

Nocturnal feeding

  

No

11

44

Mid-sleep

9

36

Before asleep

5

20

  1. aOne of the patients feeds via a nasogastric tube eight times a day