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Table 7 Patient characteristics (n = 180)

From: Polymorphisms in the glutathione pathway modulate cystic fibrosis severity: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

 

Male gender

50% (90)

Age (months)

212 ± 15.75 (7–288)

Caucasoid

91.75%

BMI - thinness and accentuated thinness

22.22% (40)

One class I, II or III identified mutation

28.33% (51)

Two class I, II or III identified mutations

47.22% (85)

Age at first clinical manifestation (months)

35 ± 8.88 (0–156)

Age at diagnosis (months)

87 ± 13.63 (0–170.76)

Age at start of digestive symptoms (months)

40.6 ± 9.11 (0–149.4)

Age at start of pulmonary symptoms (months)

34.8 ± 9.88 (0–1156)

SpO2(%)

94.92 ± 4.26 (66–99)

Bhalla

8.74 ± 5.72 (0–25)

Kanga

18.85 ± 5.84 (10–40)

Shwachman-Kulczycki

65.85 ± 16.77 (20–95)

FVC(%)

79.29 ± 23.55 (19–135)

FEV1(%)

71.29 ± 27.467 (17–132)

FEV1/FVC(%)

83.46 ± 15.95 (37–137)

FEF25–75%

59.05 ± 35.55 (7–150)

Nasal polyps

18.33% (33)

Diabetes mellitus

18.33% (33)

Osteoporosis

16.11% (29)

Pancreatic insufficiency

80.0% (144)

Meconium ileus

15.00% (27)

Age at first isolated P. aeruginosa (months)

102.6 ± 14.45 (24–180)

P. aeruginosa statusa

56.67% (102)

P. aeruginosa mucoid statusa

42.22% (76)

B. cepacia statusa

13.88% (25)

A. xylosoxidans statusa

10.00% (18)

S. aureus statusa

78.88% (142)

  1. Continuous variables expressed as mean ± SD (range). Other data shown as percentage (number of patients). aBased on three consecutive positive respiratory cultures.
  2. N, Sample size; BMI, Body mass index; SpO2, Hemoglobin oxygen saturation in the blood; FVC, Forced vital capacity; FEV1, Forced expiratory volume in the first second; FEF25–75, Forced expiratory flow between 25 and 75% of FVC.