Table 1

Biometric and CF disease specific data

Treatment group (n = 10)Control group (n = 9)
SDS, standard deviation score.
Relative underweight, expressed in percentage of normal range (50th centile).24
Mean age, years (range)15.4 (11–22)16.8 (10–23)
Sex (M/F)8/27/2
Genotype for CF
ΔF508/ΔF50836
ΔF508/other52
Other/other21
Clinical score (Bernese score), mean (SD)21.3 (2.1)19.1 (2.3)
Chest radiograph score (Chrispin-Norman score), mean (range)8.7 (5−15)10.2 (6–13)
Relative underweight (%), mean (SD)6.25 (5.1)6.2 (5.9)
Weight for height SDS, mean (SE)−0.69 (0.23)−0.99 (0.21)