Results of direct and indirect electrolyte measurement in sweat, including equivocal ranges and number of subjects contributing to them
| Conductivity (mmol (NaCl eq)/l) | Osmolality (mmol/kg) | Sodium (mmol/l) | Chloride (mmol/l) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | CF | Control | CF | Control | CF | Control | CF | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 37 (10) | 110 (13) | 101 (25) | 237 (25) | 23 (12) | 88 (15) | 14 (8) | 99 (18) | |||
| Observed range | 18–71 | 67–141 | 66–172 | 157–278 | 4–66 | 36–117 | 4–47 | 46–123 | |||
| Range: CFmin–controlmax | 67–71 | 157–172 | 36–66 | 46–47 | |||||||
| Total no. subjects | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | |||||||
| CF (n)2-150 | 1 (B) | 1 (B) | 4 (A, B, C, D) | 1 (B) | |||||||
| Control (n)2-150 | 2 (E, G) | 6 (E, F, G, H, L, M) | 8 (E, F, H, I, J, K, L, N) | 1 (G) | |||||||
↵2-150 Individual patients A–N, in parentheses, as referred to in text.