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Table 1 Characteristics of subjects with body odor complaints

From: Genetic analysis of impaired trimethylamine metabolism using whole exome sequencing

ID

Age (yr)

Sex

Race

TMAO: TMAa

Fishy body odor

Fishy oral odor

Other, body odor

Common oral odors

52

78

F

C

0.13

None

None

None

Pungent, sulfurousb

114

18

M

AA

0.37

None

None

None

Sulfurous/fecalb

122

64

F

AA

0.47

None

None

None

Fecal, pungentb

35

45

F

C

0.54

None

None

None

Mild sulfurousb

99

59

F

AA

0.58

None

None

None

Mild metallic, smoky

64

51

F

C

0.61

None

None

None

Mild

62

51

F

AA

0.79

None

None

None

Sulfurousb

113

47

M

C

0.79

None

None

None

Strong sulfurousb

98

44

F

C

0.86

None

None

Mustyc

Unremarkable

56

70

F

C

0.87

None

None

None

Unremarkable

  1. ID subject identifier number, age age at assessment in years (yr), M male, F female, AA American of African descent, C Caucasian American of European descent. Race/ethnicity was determined by self-report. aTable is sorted by TMAO:TMA ratio; Less than 0.90 is criterion for TMAU (i.e., reference > 0.90).bOral odor secondary to plaque located on the posterior dorsal surface of the tongue. Plaque often contains odor-causing bacteria ([7] and references therein). cAlso described as ‘damp’