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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Apr 30;16(11):1801–1810.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.04.050

Table 3.

Frequency of diagnostic tests performed before and after age-specific testing recommendations

Test performed All PALF participants (N=1144) Total (N=658) Phases 1 & 2 (N=515) Phase 3 (N=143) Age ≤ 90 days p-value Age > 90 days p-value
Age ≤ 90 days (n=78) Age > 90 days (n=437) Age ≤ 90 days (n=35) Age > 90 days (n=108)
ANA, n % 678 59.3 380 57.8 8 10.3 282 64.5 1 2.9 89 82.4 0.27 0.0004
ASMA, n % 667 58.3 378 57.4 5 6.4 288 65.9 2 5.7 83 76.9 1.00 0.03
ALKM, n % 614 53.7 341 51.8 3 3.9 251 57.4 1 2.9 86 79.6 1.00 <0.0001
AI all 3, n % 559 48.9 309 47.0 2 2.6 227 52.0 1 2.9 79 73.1 1.00 <0.0001
HSV*, n % 426 37.2 306 46.5 36 46.2 183 41.9 26 74.3 61 56.5 0.006 0.006
Enterovirus*, n % 155 13.5 138 21.0 12 15.4 49 11.2 29 82.9 48 44.4 <0.0001 <0.0001
Serum AA, n % 412 36.0 265 40.3 45 57.7 127 29.1 27 77.1 66 61.1 0.047 <0.0001
Acylcarnitine profile, n % 358 31.3 247 37.5 37 47.4 111 24.4 23 65.7 76 70.4 0.07 <0.0001
Urine succinylacetone, 249 21.8 154 23.4 42 53.9 69 15.8 24 68.6 19 17.6 0.14 0.65
Hepatitis A, n % 785 68.6 465 70.7 35 44.9 330 75.5 9 25.7 91 84.3 0.054 0.052
Hepatitis B, n % 893 78.1 525 79.8 43 55.1 374 85.6 14 40.0 94 87.0 0.14 0.70
Ferritin, n % 476 41.6 256 38.9 43 55.1 133 30.4 26 74.3 54 50.0 0.054 0.0001
Ceruloplasmin*, n % 538 47.0 332 50.5 5 6.4 257 58.8 2 5.7 68 63.0 1.00 0.43
Urine copper, n % 195 17.0 99 15.0 0 0.0 74 16.9 0 0.0 25 23.1 -- 0.13
Lactate, n % 751 65.6 398 60.5 54 69.2 218 49.9 31 88.6 95 88.0 0.03 <0.0001
Pyruvate, n % 254 22.2 213 32.4 31 39.7 93 21.3 22 62.9 67 62.0 0.02 <0.0001
Lactate/Pyruvate on same day, n % 225 19.7 187 28.4 27 34.6 77 17.6 20 57.1 63 58.3 0.03 <0.0001
Acetaminophen level, n % 487 42.6 325 49.4 8 10.3 231 52.9 4 11.4 82 75.9 1.00 <0.0001
*

There was less viral and ceruloplasmin testing in Phase 1 than in Phase 2.

BOLD: Expected to increase based on recommended age-specific diagnostic tests. ITALICS: Expected to decrease based on recommended age-specific diagnostic tests