Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Identifier

752

Date

2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Clinical Nutrition

Committee Member

Ruth Williams

Committee Member

Michelle Stockton

Committee Member

Lee Wallace

Abstract

Objective: To determine if patients with PKU at the mid south clinic are getting the recommended amount of vitamin D and calcium in accordance with the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)Design: This was a retrospective study using existing nutrition data which were from using the MetabolicPro software to analyze the 3-day food records collected between June 30, 2010 to February 29, 2012. The means of calcium and vitamin D intake were calculated and compared with the subject's RDA. Descriptive analysis was used to determine frequency, percentages, mean, and standard deviation. T-test were conducted to compare calcium and vitamin D intake to the RDA recommendation based on age.Subjects: The participatns had a diagnosis of PKU, were between 0-21 years old, and had completed the 3-day food record (N=13)Results: The patients are getting sufficient vitamin D and calcium when compared to the RDA respectively (p=0.084 and p=0.626)

Comments

Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to the local University of Memphis Electronic Theses & dissertation (ETD) Repository.

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