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. 2020 Aug 3;15:200. doi: 10.1186/s13023-020-01485-7

Table 3.

Variable phenotypes and factors in 130 patients with MMACHC c. 609G > A homozygous mutation

Symptoms and signs Cases Age at onset Age at treatment initiation Time delays from onset to treatment initiation Urinary methylmalonic acid pre-treatment Blood tHcy pre-treatment Blood methionine pre-treatment
(months) (months) (months) (mmol/mol creatinine) (μmol/L) (μmol/L)
n Median (P25, P75) Median (P25, P75) Median (P25, P75) Median (P25, P75) Median (P25, P75) Median (P25, P75)
Seizures N 65 3.0 (1.0, 15.0) 6.5 (2.0, 34.0) 1.5 (0.0, 18.3) 184.7 (43.5, 560.1) 99.8 (73.7, 129.6) 9.7 (7.0, 20.4)
Y 65 2.0 (0.9, 5.0) 5.5 (3.0, 27.0) 2.3 (1.0, 12.0) 493.4 (259.9, 906.8) 96.0 (58.8, 151.7) 16.0 (10.4, 21.5)
 Z −1.407 −0.031 −0.893 −2.239 − 0.304 − 0.87
P 0.159 0. 975 0.372 0.025 0.761 0.406
Developmental delay N 38 1.0 (0.7, 3.0) 3.0 (1.5, 5.5) 1.5 (0.9, 2.3) 164.6 (35.0, 664.9) 102.9 (65.3, 142.6) 16.0 (9.4, 20.4)
Y 92 3.0 (1.0, 12) 12.0 (3.3, 36) 6.0 (0.5, 25.0) 443.6 (199.2, 722.1) 88.0 (59.1, 147.7) 10.4 (6.5, 22.6)
 Z −2.892 −3.746 − 2.017 −1.481 −0.313 − 0.707
P 0.004 < 0.001 0.044 0.14 0.754 0.503
Hydrocephalus N 108 2.0 (1.0, 10.0) 8.0 (3.0, 34.0) 2.0 (0.5, 18.0) 282.1 (76.7, 768.1) 93.0 (63.0, 143.7) 14.0 (8.1, 20.4)
Y 22 2.0 (1.0–4.0) 4.0 (2.8–0.5) 1.8 (0.9–6.8) 500.0 (257.3–560.1) 101.0 (59.1–161.9) 14.0 (5.7–21.5)
 Z −0.487 −0.92 − 0.531 − 0.608 −0.546 − 0.445
P 0.626 0.357 0.595 0.552 0.593 0.695
Anemia N 93 3.0 (1.0, 7.8) 8.0 (3.0, 34) 3.0 (0.0, 24) 292.6 (92.3, 676.1) 87.2 (58.8, 127.1) 13.8 (7.4, 22.3)
Y 37 2.0 (1.0, 5.0) 3.0 (2.0, 18.0) 1.5 (1.0, 9.0) 442.3 (97.0, 672.9) 137.3 (74.3, 164.9) 12.2 (6.7, 16.2)
 Z −0.622 −2.185 −0.777 −0.014 −2.172 − 0.64
P 0.534 0.029 0.437 0.989 0.03 0.56

Notes: n number, N No, Y Yes, Z Mann–Whitney U Z-score; P value was calculated by using a nonparametric unpaired Mann-Whitney U test. P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant