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Table 4 Missing data for select ascertainment and diagnosis among participants with complete minimum dataset information (n = 764)

From: Evaluation of the quality of clinical data collection for a pan-Canadian cohort of children affected by inherited metabolic diseases: lessons learned from the Canadian Inherited Metabolic Diseases Research Network

IMD

Ascertainment and diagnostic workup variables

% missing

Across all CIMDRN-targeted diseases

Ascertainment method (e.g., by NBS, family history, etc.)

0%

Number of visits to metabolic clinic to determine diagnosis

9%

Age at diagnosis

9%

Centre where diagnosis was established

0%

For those not ascertained by NBS (n = 138), was a NBS test done?a

50%

For those ascertained by NBS (n = 626), was the NBS test positive for the diagnosed disease?a

1%

For those whose NBS test was positive (n = 620), date of NBS test positive/referrala

9%

For those diagnosed symptomatically (n = 125), age at first symptoma

17%

For those diagnosed symptomatically (n = 125), presenting symptomsa

0%

Diagnostic tests considered universally important

 PAH deficiency (n = 215)

Plasma amino acid profile

2%

 MCAD deficiency (n = 127)

Acylcarnitine profile

10%

 VLCAD deficiency (n = 33)

Acylcarnitine profile

< 10%

 MPS type I (n = 18)

α-L-iduronidase activity

< 10%

  1. IMD inherited metabolic disease, NBS newborn screening, PAH phenylalanine hydroxylase, MCAD medium-chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase, VLCAD very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, MPS mucopolysaccharidosis
  2. adenominators for these data elements vary as not all variables were applicable to every participant