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. 2018 Jun 20;13:97. doi: 10.1186/s13023-018-0840-4

Table 1.

Episode characteristics at baseline

Carglumic acid NH3 scavengers Carglumic acid + NH3 scavengers
Episodes, n 38 33 27
Episodes occurring in males, n (%) 22 (57.9) 16 (48.5) 12 (44.4)
Episodes occurring in neonates, n (%) 17 (44.7) 15 (45.5) 20 (74.1)
Episodes with OA diagnosis, n (%)
 PA 19 (50.0) 27 (81.8) 14 (51.9)
 MMA 15 (39.5) 5 (15.2) 12 (44.4)
 IVA 4 (10.5) 1 (3.0) 1 (3.7)
 Median (Q1, Q3) age at diagnosis, days 13.0
(5.0, 33.0)
9.5
(5.0, 19.5)
8.0
(5.0, 15.0)
 Median (Q1, Q3) NH3 levels, μmol/L 199.0
(125.0, 295.0)
122.0
(91.0, 191.0)
270.9
(160.0, 429.0)
 Median (Q1, Q3) age at start of episode, days 50.5
(4.0, 1190.0)
68.0
(4.0, 1477.0)
5.0
(4.0, 61.0)
 Median (Q1, Q3) duration of ended episode, days 6.0
(3.5, 8.0)
8.5
(5.0, 12.0)
6.0
(4.0, 7.0)
 Episodes requiring extracorporeal detoxification,a n (%) 5 (13.2) 10 (30.3) 3 (11.1)

IVA Isovaleric aciduria, MMA Methylmalonic aciduria, NH3 Ammonia, OA Organic aciduria, PA Propionic aciduria

aHaemodialysis, haemofiltration and peritoneal dialysis. Full analysis set