trimethylaminuria magnitude
- TMAU affects humans from newborns to the elderly in most countries around the world
- TMAU hits more women than men, and particularly African-American ethnicity
- TMAU symptoms are significantly aggravated across menstrual periods, puberty, exercise, emotional upsets and stress conditions.
- Anecdotal descriptions of individuals with the fish malodor syndrome, have been recorded across various millennia and cultures. (Mahabharata, Caliban, Thai Folklore)
- The first clinical description of trimethylaminuria was performed in 1970