Lean body mass in children with cystic fibrosis
- M Sood1,
- J E Adams2,
- M Z Mughal3
- 1Regional Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Booth Hall Children’s Hospital, Charlestown Road, Manchester M9 7AA, UK
- 2Clinical Radiology, Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
- 3Department of Paediatric Medicine, Saint Mary’s Hospital for Women & Children, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, UK
- Correspondence to:
Dr Z Mughal, Consultant Paediatrician & Honorary Senior Lecturer in Child Health, Department of Paediatrics, Saint Mary’s Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, UK;
zulf.mughal{at}man.ac.uk
Poor nutritional status adversely affects long term survival of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).1 Body composition measured by dual energy x ray absorptiometry (DXA) has been shown to correlate well with other established techniques such as bioelectric impedance analysis and total body potassium estimation.2 This study was designed to compare the whole body and regional bone mineral density of children with CF with that of controls, the results of which have been reported previously.3 Here, we present the results of post hoc comparison of DXA measured whole body lean body …
