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Background: Urine metanephrines are used to screen for phaeochromocytoma or paraganglioma (PPGL). Current reference intervals (RI) derived in healthy individuals are not age or sex-stratified, and lower than in hypertensive patients, leading to high false positive rates. This study aims to determine age and sex-stratified RI from a contingent screening population.
Methods: Patients with 24-h deconjugated urine metanephrines from 3/6/2010 to 27/8/2022 were included (2936 males, 5285 females), initially by liquid chromatography-electrochemical detection (LC-ECD) then liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Bhattacharya analysis was used after log transformation to determine age and sex-stratified RI for metanephrine excretion, normetanephrine excretion, metanephrine/creatinine and normetanephrine/creatinine ratios.
Results: Normetanephrine excretion increases with age (RI: males: 18-<30 years: <3.4 µmol/24 h, 30-<40 years: <3.7 µmol/24 h, 40+ years: <5.3 µmol/24 h; females: 18-<30 years: <2.7 µmol/24 h, 30-<40 years: <3.1 µmol/24 h, 40+ years: <3.7 µmol/24 h), while metanephrine excretion was consistent across adulthood (RI: males: 18+ years: <1.8 µmol/24 h; females: 18+ years: <1.2 µmol/24 h). However, normetanephrine/creatinine and metanephrine/creatinine increase steadily with age after early adulthood, likely due to a decrease in muscle mass, with females having higher normetanephrine/creatinine and metanephrine/creatinine ratios.
Conclusions: Age and sex-stratified RI were derived for metanephrine excretion, normetanephrine excretion, metanephrine/creatinine and normetanephrine/creatinine ratios. This is expected to reduce false positives while flagging most PPGL.
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