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This study addressed the gap by offering a comprehensive set of reference intervals (RIs) for preterm neonates, and illustrating the dynamic changes of each biomarker with age.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Design and methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The NBS data of 199,693 preterm newborns (&lt;\u200937 weeks of gestation) who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria from the NNSCP database were included in study analysis. The birth weight stratified dynamic trend of each biomarker were captured by their concentrations over age. Reference partitions were determined by the method of Harris and Boyd. RIs, corresponding to the 2.5th and 97.5th percentiles, as well as the 0.5th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 99.5th percentiles were calculated using a non-parametric rank approach.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Increasing birth weight is associated with an elevation in the levels of arginine, citrulline, glycine, leucine and isobarics, methionine, ornithine, phenylalanine, and valine, whereas the levels of alanine, proline and tyrosine decrease. Additionally, two short-chain acylcarnitines (butyrylcarnitine\u2009+\u2009isobutyrylcarnitine and isovalerylcarnitine\u2009+\u2009methylbutyrylcarnitine) and a median-chain acylcarnitine (octenoylcarnitine) decrease, while four long-chain acylcarnitines (tetradecanoylcarnitine, palmitoylcarnitine, palmitoleylcarnitine and oleoylcarnitine) increase with increasing birth weight. Age impacts the levels of all MS\/MS NBS biomarkers, while sex only affects the level of malonylcarnitine\u2009+\u20093-hydroxybutyrylcarnitine (C3-DC\u2009+\u2009C4-OH) in very low birth weight preterm neonates.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The current study developed reference intervals (RIs) specific to birth weight, age, and\/or sex for 35 MS\/MS biomarkers, which can help in the timely evaluation of the health and disease of preterm neonates.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12887-024-04865-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,2]],"date-time":"2024-07-02T13:02:28Z","timestamp":1719925348000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Retrospective analysis of reference intervals for dried blood spot based ms\/ms newborn screening programs in Chinese preterm neonates: a nationwide study"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Falin","family":"He","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tiancheng","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xinwen","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinming","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tian","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,2]]},"reference":[{"issue":"7","key":"4865_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1167","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms17071167","volume":"17","author":"T Abdellah","year":"2016","unstructured":"Abdellah T, Lenaig A, Carlos A, St\u00e9phane M, Soumeya B. 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