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Table 4 Metabolite ratios for the pediatric patients (#12 and #13) at different time points (with and without overload and with and without vitamin B2)

From: Diagnosis and phenotypic assessment of trimethylaminuria, and its treatment with riboflavin: 1H NMR spectroscopy and genetic testing

Metabolite ratio

Patient #12 Time 0 with dietary overload

Patient #12

3 months without dietary overload without vitamin B2

Patient #12

9 months with vitamin B2

Patient #13

Time 0 without dietary overload without vitamin B2

Patient #13

2 months with vitamin B2

Patient #13

3 months with vitamin B2

TMAO/Cr (mmol/mol)

1702

86

28

25.5

67.3

55.7

TMA/Cr (mmol/mol)

192

123

9

29.3

22.3

29

TMA/TMAO (mol/mol)

0.113

1.14

0.32

1.15

0.33

0.52

TMAO/(TMA + TMAO) (mol/mol)

0.90

0.411

0.76

0.54

0.75

0.66

  1. The normal ranges for healthy controls were TMAO/Cr ranging from 50 to 1000, TMA/Cr < 10, TMA/TMAO < 0.1 (reported by Chalmers et al. [5]) and TMAO/(TMA + TMAO) > 0.8 (reported by Eugène [4])