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Table. 11.

Proficiency testing results for organic acid analysis (unit, mmol/mol creatinine)

Year Trial Specimen no. Intended response Reported respons No. Reported components No. Median Minimum Maximum
2018 1st CMO-18-01 Tyrosinemia type I Tyrosinemia type I 5 4-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid 5 350 145.7 903.4
4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid 5 1,224.6 281.5 1,527.8
Succinylacetone 5 347.3 157.5 465.6
CMO-18-02 Propionic aciuria Propionic acidemia 5 3-Hydroxypropionic acid 5 324.3 104.2 467.2
Methylcitric acid 5 55.1 15.6 422.8
CMO-18-03 No abnormality No abnormality 5
2nd CMO-18-04 Glutaric acidemia type II Glutaric acidemia type II 4 Ethylmalonic acid 4 345.5 122.9 486.3
Glutaric acid 4 583.6 190.2 1,116.4
Lactic acid 3 265.1 171.4 954.1
CMO-18-05 Combined malonic/methylmalonic aciduria Combined malonic/methylmalonic aciduria 3 Malonic acid 3 40.2 40.1 188.2
Methylmalonic acidemia 1 Methylmalonic acid 4 312.1 130.1 364.5
CMO-18-06 No abnormality No abnormality 4
2019 1st CMO-19-01 Methylmalonic acidemia Methylmalonic acidemia 4 3-Hydroxypropionic acid 4 207.3 131.2 395.4
Methylcitric acid 3 35.1 19.6 40.9
Methylmalonic acid 4 707.2 150 898
CMO-19-02 Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency/urea cycle disorder Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency 2 Orotic acid 4 835.1 86.6 4,482.4
Orotic aciduria 1 Oxalic acid 2 117.7 822.2
Urea cycle disorder 1 Uracil 4 1,183.3 88.3 2,042.6
CMO-19-03 No abnormality No abnormality 4 Others 3
2nd CMO-19-04 Glutaric acidemia type I Glutaric acidemia type I 4 3-Hydroxyglutaric acid 3 48.8 22.6 62.1
Glutaconic acid 3 192.3 123.4 220.2
Glutaric acid 4 240.6 134.9 280
CMO-19-05 Maple syrup urine disease Maple syrup urine disease 4 2-Hydroxyisovaleric acid 4 296.5 251.9 1,347.6
2-keto isocaporic acid 4 484.8 9.9 1,031.2
2-keto-3-methylvaleric acid 3 201.9 4.9 382.5
CMO-19-06 No abnormality No abnormality 4
Lab Med Qual Assur 2020;42:10~25 https://doi.org/10.15263/jlmqa.2020.42.1.10
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