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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Aug 23;57(2):230–234. doi: 10.1002/jcph.797

Table 2.

Metronidazole Clearance, Hydroxyl-Metronidazole Area Under the Curve, Metronidazole Area Under the Curve, and Metabolic Ratio for Each Infant

CYP2A6 Genotype Postmenstrual Age
(weeks)
Body Weight
(kg)
Clearance
(L/hr/kg)
Hydroxy-metronidazole AUC0-τ
(μM*h)
Metronidazole AUC0-τ
(μM*h)
Metabolic Ratioa
*1/ *1 24.71 0.61 0.02 443.49 2091.73 0.21
*1/ *1 25.14 0.75 0.01 26.72 2325.45 0.01
*1/ *1 30.28 1.31 0.06 74.81 683.61 0.11
*1/ *1 23.85 0.57 0.02 NE 2161.85
*1/ *1 29.57 1.34 0.02 128.24 1343.85 0.10
*1/ *1 33.28 1.09 0.10 363.34 385.63 0.94
*1/ *1 32.00 0.93 0.04 64.12 870.58 0.07
*1/ *1 34.86 1.56 0.04 58.78 946.54 0.06
*1/ *1 35.29 1.96 0.08 154.96 584.28 0.27
*1/ *1 33.57 1.76 0.04 NE NE
*1/ *1 31.15 1.35 0.04 NE NE
*1/ *1 33.86 1.64 0.04 106.87 1051.71 0.10
*1/ *17 26.71 0.69 0.04 NE 858.90
*1/ *17 29.43 0.96 0.03 101.52 1051.71 0.10

AUC, area under the curve; NE, not estimated.

a

Metabolic ratio = AUC metaboliteAUC parent.