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. 2010 Jun 21;2(1):e4. doi: 10.4081/ni.2010.e4

Table 1. Parameters in mitochondrial myopathy.

1 2 3 4 5
General
 Gender F M M M M
 Date of birth 12.10.98 12.12.00 27.1.01 10.11.97 5.1.99
Muscular
 Hypotonia + - + + -
 Muscle weakness + + + + +
 Muscle cramps - + - + +
 Exercise intolerance + + + + +
Neurological
 Mental retardation + - - - -
 Epilepsy - - - - -
 Pyramidal involvement - - - - -
 Extrapyramidal symptoms - - - - -
 Visual loss - - - - -
 Hearing loss - - - - -
 Concentration problems + + + + +
Multisystem
 Failure to thrive - + - - -
 Cardiac involvement - - - - -
 Renal involvement - - - - -
 Endocrine abnormalities - - - - -
 Chronic diarrhea - + - - -
 Food aversion + + - - +
Biochemistry
 Complex deficiency III + V I + III I III I
 Alanin (blood) μmol/L
 (N<460) 503 301–460 275–490 430–510 392–446
 Lactate (blood) mmol/L
 (N<2.1) 0.9–2.7 1.1–3.8 1.1–1.8 1.4–1.9 1.3–3.2
 MDC score 8 6 5 6 6
Exercise tolorence
 MABC 15 pc 50 pc 5 pc 5–10 pc 15 pc
 Treadmill test 1* (Bruce17) 8.55 min 7 min 11 min 9.5 min 9 min
 Treadmill test 2** (Bruce17) 8.44 min 7.3 min 10 min 8 min 9.1 min
 VO2-max1+ 45.6 51.05 48.18 49.92 51.2
VO2-max2++ 44.9 51.06 45.68 50.88 50.56
*

Exercise endurance according to Bruce17 at the time of first and last measurement;

+

VO2max at the first and last measurements.