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. 2023 Mar 10;15(1):227–236. doi: 10.3390/pediatric15010018

Table 2.

Biomarker cut-offs for OAs and FAODs.

Disorder Cut Off
Marker
(µmol/L)
Cut Off
Marker
Molar Ratio
Propionic aciduria (PA) C3 > 2.46 C3/C0 > 0.08
C3/C2 > 0.14
Methylmalonic aciduria (MMA) C3 > 2.46
C4DC > 0.86
C3/C0 > 0.08
C3/C2 > 0.14
Glutaric aciduria type 1 (GA I) C5DC > 0.45
Glutaric aciduria type 2 (GA II) C4 > 0.94
C5 > 0.33
Isovaleric aciduria (IVA) C5 > 0.33
3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase deficiency (HMG) C5OH > 0.5
C6DC > 0.1
β-ketothiolase deficiency (BKT) C5:1 > 0.07
3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency (3-MCC) C5OH > 0.51
3-methyl glutaconic aciduria (3-MGA) C5OH > 0.51
Ethylmalonic encephalopathy (EE) C4 > 0.94
C5 > 0.33
Malonic aciduria C3DC > 0.15
Medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCAD) C8 > 0.24
C6 > 0.14
C10:1 > 0.49
C8/C2 > 0.01
C8/C10 > 2.17
Very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCAD) C14:1 > 0.18
C12:1 > 0.13
C12 > 0.22
C14:2 > 0.08
C14 > 0.37
C14:1/C12:1 > 4.53
Long chain hydroxy acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) C16-OH > 0.08
C18:2-OH > 0.06
C18:1-OH > 0.07
C14-OH > 0.06
C16:1-OH > 0.12
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase deficiency type 1 (CPT 1) C0 > 52.98
C16 < 0.38
C18 < 0.23
C0/C16 + C18 > 37.48
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase deficiency type 2 (CPT 2) C18 > 1.18
C18:2 > 0.8
C18:1 > 1.92
C16:1 > 0.4
C16 > 2.94
C0 < 13.63
C16+ C18:1/C2 > 0.27
Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency (CACT) C16 > 2.94
C18:1 > 1.92
C18:2 > 0.8
C18 > 1.18
C0 < 13.63
Carnitine uptake defect (CUD)/Primary carnitine deficiency (PCD) C0 < 5
Short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (SCAD) C4 > 0.94