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. 2021 Apr 5;23(8):1522–1533. doi: 10.1038/s41436-021-01143-8

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of clinical data per disease subtype and transplant status.

Variable MMA subtype/gene name mut0 subjects transplant status
mut0/MMUT mut/MMUT cblA/MMAA cblB/MMAB Liver ± kidney Kidney
N 26 6 9 2 13 4
Males 12 4 9 2 7 2
Females 14 2 0 0 6 2
Age 15.2 ± 6.7 6.9 ± 2.5 22.3 ± 14.7 3.7/34.1 19.3 ± 8.7 26.3 ± 10.1
% 1-13C3 metabolized 60 minutes 10.97 ± 5.2 7 31.95 ± 8.25b 34.67 ± 4.37c 8.35/32.75 31.17 ± 7.72c 11.33 ± 1.84
120 minutes 23.47 ± 8.99 44.10 ± 8.95b 50.26 ± 6.45c 16.34/47.22 45.34 ± 9.02c 23.86 ± 3.61
AUC dose metabolized 60 minutes 257.12 ± 123.6 944.11 ± 303.47a 1,000.40 ± 172.28c 191.2/1040 917.01 ± 248.56c 249.40 ± 50.0
120 minutes 1,322.9 ± 568.14 3,289.66 ± 937.84a 3,645.22 ± 477.60c 988.20/3,485.0 3,222.4 ± 730.66c 1,337.50 ± 210.34
Tmax Δ13C (min) 50.52 ± 16.42 25.50 ± 6.89c 22.22 ± 7.12c 40.0/17.0 20.53 ± 12.29c 52.50 ± 15.0
REE (cal) 1,182.84 ± 261.3 816.16 ± 370.96 1,373.44 ± 278.46 609.3/1,653.1 1,351.12 ± 312.62 1,319.13 ± 181.12
REE (cal)/FFM (kg) 49.72 ± 10.48 51.63 ± 8.67 36.71 ± 7.17 na/31.43 41.73 ± 8.69 54.1
Height z-score −1.86 ± 1.74 −1.31 ± 1.34 −0.39 ± 0.98 −1.94/−1.31 −1.59 ± 0.84 −2.58 ± 1.56
BMI z-score 0.45 ± 1.22 1.03 ± 1.35 −0.51 ± 1.21 1.94/1.67 0.71 ± 1.23 −0.15 ± 1.95
OFC z-score −0.58 ± 1.46 −0.02 ± 1.47 0.67 ± 1.28 −0.15/0.50 −0.33 ± 1.47 −0.76 ± 1.81
BMD z-score: subtotal −2.65 ± 1.48 −1.71 ± 0.77 −0.62 ± 1.29 na/−0.50 −1.87 ± 1.30 −4.19
BMD z-score: height corrected, subtotal −1.27 ± 0.92 −1.01 ± 0.56 0.23 ± 1.71 na/1.09 −0.93 ± 1.22 −1.67
Complete protein intake (%RDA) 80.33 ± 30.45 84.52 ± 14.39 102.43 ± 26.6 49.08/90.91 93.28 ± 33.15 74.87 ± 20.80
FSIQ/ABC 70.6 ± 22.33 89.7 ± 14.88 92.1 ± 14.22a 65/na 69.84 ± 19.68 87.50 ± 22.54
eGFR creatinine (ml/min/1.73 m2) 63.83 ± 34.38 126.22 ± 35.94b 108.19 ± 27.66b 45.96/37.59 65.95 ± 27.93 43.83 ± 26.95
eGFR creat/cyst-C (ml/min/1.73 m2) 56.65 ± 26.59 97.09 ± 11.25c 90.76 ± 13.01c 39.33/36.19 60.78 ± 18.70 43.18 ± 25.57
Serum MMA (μmol/L) 1,604.61 ± 1,220.02 95.59 ± 99.40b 39.26 ± 21.04c 805.0/279.0 459.53 ± 589.85b 3,900.25 ± 5,469.40
Acylcarnitine/free carnitine ratio 3.22 ± 2.27 0.79 ± 0.63b 0.32 ± 0.14c 2.93 − 0.7 0.92 ± 0.36c 2.15 ± 1.6
FGF21 (pg/ml) 5,817.21 ± 7,410.63 1,167.14 ± 1,431.66 319.84 ± 229.31a 19,791.8 − 400.4 1,881.11 ± 2,485.01a 5,739.38 ± 5,313.32
GDF15 (pg/ml) 3,019.07 ± 2,182.89 351.81 ± 199.42 290.25 ± 177.68 na − 1,631.5 1,767.41 ± 1,299.28 2,603.72 ± 2,187.10

A p value of multiple comparisons for FGF21 was <0.05 for the log10 transformed variable, not the absolute values. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and post hoc correction for multiple comparisons by Bonferroni or Tamhane was used depending on the result of Levine’s test of homogeneity of variances, between MMA subtypes and muto and within mut0 subtype, between individuals without and with an organ transplant.

AUC area under the curve, BMD bone mineral density measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) (subtotal refers to BMD of total body minus head), BMI body mass index, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate (based on creatinine or combined creatinine and cystatin C values, per the Bedside Schwartz and CKiD 2012 equations), FGF21 fibroblast growth factor 21, FFM fat-free or lean mass (in kilograms), FSIQ full-scale IQ (by age-appropriate cognitive assessment, or ABC score based on Vineland adaptive behavior scales), GDF15 growth differentiation factor 15, MMA methylmalonic acid, OFC occipitofrontal (head) circumference, RDA recommended daily allowance, REE resting energy expenditure (in calories), Tmax time to reach maximum delta of exhaled 13CO2/12CO2.

aP <  0.05.

bP <  0.01.

cP < 0.001.