Table 1

Anthropometric variables in children with cystic fibrosis

Subject no. (sex)	Age (mth)	Weight (centile)	Height (centile)	Diagnosis (type)	Inflammatory index^1-151
Symptomatic^1-150 (n = 7)
1 (F)	18	77	97	Screening	1.99
2 (F)	10	80	90	Screening	4.8
3 (M)	7	25	90	Screening	6.8
4 (M)	7	60	25	Symptoms	8.5
5 (F)	5	3	3	Symptoms	7.2
6 (F)	13	80	25	Symptoms	0.92
7 (F)	7	25	50	Screening	5.14
Mean (SD)	9.6 (4.5)	50 (31.8)	54 (38.6)		5.1 (2.8)^1-152

Asymptomatic^1-150(n = 12)
8 (M)	6	25	25	Screening	0.0
9 (M)	3	80	90	Screening	0.0
10 (F)	36	97	80	Symptoms	0.6
11 (M)	25	27	50	Screening	2.4
12 (F)	9	30	50	Screening	6.6
13 (M)	30	12	4	Screening	1.2
14 (F)	5	50	75	Symptoms	7.2
15 (M)	32	3	3	Symptoms	2.6
16 (M)	15	50	90	Symptoms	0.0
17 (F)	6	50	50	Screening	0.0
18 (M)	6	3	3	Screening	1.9
19 (F)	9	50	10	Screening	0.0
Mean (SD)	15.2 (12.1)	39.7 (29)	47.7 (33.7)		1.8 (2.5)

Total subjects
Mean (SD)	13.1 (10.2)	43.5 (29.6)	50.4 (34.4)		3.1 (3.0)

Statistical analysis used two tailedt test.
↵1-150 Clinical condition on testing with or without symptoms of respiratory inflammation.
↵1-151 Number of exacerbations per month × 12.
↵1-152 p = 0.02 versus asymptomatic.