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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Genet Metab. 2021 Apr 8;133(2):148–156. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2021.04.001

Table 1. Study Participants.

Baseline characteristics of all participants enrolled in the study.

Total OTC deficiency (Male) OTC deficiency (Female) ASS1 deficiency ASL deficiency ARG1 deficiency

N 28 3 7 4 8 6

Median age in yrs (range) 15 (5 – 52) 41 (26 – 51) 16 (5 – 52) 8 (5 – 15) 10 (5 – 31) 16 (6 – 35)

BMI Category N (%) Underweight 1 (4%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (25%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Healthy 12 (43%) 0 (0%) 2 (29%) 1 (25%) 6 (75%) 3 (50%)
Overweight 5 (18%) 2 (67%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (25%) 1 (17%)
Obese 10 (36%) 1 (33%) 5 (71%) 2 (50%) 0 (0%) 2 (33%)

Sex
Male 12 (43%) 3 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 5 (63%) 4 (67%)
Female 16 (57%) 0 (0%) 7 (100%) 4 (100%) 3 (38%) 2 (33%)

Diagnosis N (%)
Neonatal or NBS 9 (32%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 (100%) 5 (63%) 0 (0%)
Family History 4 (14%) 1 (33%) 2 (29%) 0 (0%) 1 (13%) 0 (0%)
Late-Onset 15 (54%) 2 (67%) 5 (71%) 0 (0%) 2 (25%) 6 (100%)

Documented history of HA N (%) 16 (57%) 2 (67%) 4 (57%) 4 (100%) 4 (50%) 2 (33%)
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Numbers may not equal 100% because of rounding.

Abbreviations: ARG1, arginase; ASL, argininosuccinate lyase; ASS1, argininosuccinate synthase; BMI, body-mass index; HA, hyperammonemia; N, number; NBS, newborn screening; OTC, ornithine transcarbamylase; yrs, years;