Skip to main content
. 2021 Jun 3;16:256. doi: 10.1186/s13023-021-01879-1

Table 1.

Annual evolution of NTBC levels

Year 2016 2017 2018 2019
No. of patients with at least 1 NTBC measurement per year 47 63 63 60
No. patients with > 1 NTBC measurement per year 11 17 19 8
NTBC concentration in first sample of the year (µmol/L) 39 35.9 33.5 35.3
Median NTBC concentration (µmol/L) 39.5 34.3 37.9 34.6
No. of patients (%) with lower than recommended NTBC concentration in first annual determination 16 (34%) 24 (38.1%) 26 (41.3%) 19 (31.6%)
No. of patients (%) in which NTBC concentration normalized within the year 4/11 (36.3%) 5/17 (29.4%) 11/19 (57.9%) 2/8 (25%)

No number, NTBC nitisinone