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Table 1 MS/MS screening profiles

From: Diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of inborn errors of metabolism in 100,077 newborns from Jining city in China

MS/MS analytes

Cut-off value (μmol/L)

Possible disorder(s)

Number of cases

Ratio

Amino acids

 ↑PHE

>  100

Phenylketonuria

29

2.21%

 ↑PHE/TYR

>  1.5

   

 ↑MET

>  55

Hypermethioninemia

53

4.04%

 ↑MET/PHE

>  0.95

Cystathionine-γ-lyase deficiency

36

2.74%

 ↑LEU

>  300

Maple syrup urine disease

14

1.07%

 ↑LEU/PHE

>  5.46

   

 ↑VAL

> 300

   

 ↑TYR

> 290

Tyrosinemia

101

7.69%

 ↑TYR/PHE

> 7

   

 ↑SA

> 1

Tyrosinemia type I

22

1.68%

 ↑CIT

> 40

Citrullinemia

22

1.68%

 ↑CIT/PHE

> 0.7

   

 ↑ARG

> 60

Argininemia

37

2.82%

 ↓CIT

< 7

Carbamoyl-phosphate synthase deficiency

139

10.59%

 ↑ORN

> 350

Hyperornithinemia

27

2.06%

 ↑PRO

> 420

Hyperprolinemia

30

2.28%

Organic Acids

 ↑C3

> 4

Methylmalonic acidemia

121

9.22%

 ↑C3/C2

> 0.17

Propionic acidemia

34

2.59%

 ↑C3DC + C4OH

> 0.35

Malonic acidemia

15

1.14%

 ↑C4

> 0.45

Glutaric acidemia type II

2

0.15%

 ↑C5

> 0.43

Isovaleric acidemia

138

10.51%

 ↑C5/C2

> 0.04

   

 ↑C5DC + C6OH

> 0.2

Glutaric acidemia type I

1

0.08%

 ↑C4DC + C5OH

> 0.4

3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency

14

1.07%

Multiple carboxylase deficiency

90

6.85%

 ↑(C4DC + C5OH)/C8

> 11

3-OH-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase deficiency

12

0.91%

 ↑C5:1

> 0.02

Beta-ketothiolase deficiency

9

0.69%

 ↑C8

> 0.15

   

Fatty acid oxidation disorders

 ↓C0

<  10

Carnitine uptake defect

216

16.45%

 ↑C0

>  50

Carnitine palmitoyltransferase I deficiency

10

0.76%

 ↑C0/(C16 + C18)

>  45

   

 ↓C16

<  0.45

   

 ↑C4

>  0.45

Short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

24

1.83%

 ↑C4/C2

>  0.03

Ethylmalonic encephalopathy

65

4.95%

 ↑C8

>  0.15

Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

22

1.68%

 ↑C8/C10

>  1.5

   

 ↑C6

>  0.1

   

 ↑C10:1

>  0.15

   

 ↑C14:1

>  0.25

Very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

9

0.69%

 ↑C14:1/C16

>  0.09

   

 ↑C14

>  0.4

   

 ↑C16

>  6.5

Carnitine palmitoyltransferaseII deficiency

3

0.23%

 ↑C18

>  1.9

Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency

5

0.38%

 ↑C18:1

>  3.5

   

 ↑C16OH

>  0.04

Long-chain hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

4

0.30%

 ↑C18OH

>  0.03

Trifunctional protein deficiency

9

0.69%

 ↑C18:1OH

>  0.05