Article
Increased energy expenditure in cystic fibrosis is associated with specific mutations.
Clinical science (London, England : 1979) - 1 Jan 1992
O'Rawe A, McIntosh I, Dodge J A, Brock D J, Redmond A O, Ward R, Macpherson A J
Abstract excerpt
1. Measurements of resting metabolic rate were made by open-circuit indirect calorimetry in 78 unrelated cystic fibrosis patients and 30 healthy control subjects. The aims of this study were: (i) to determine the range of variability in resting metabolic rate in cystic fibrosis, (ii) to relate this to pulmonary function and body size, and (iii) to investigate the hypothesis that, in cystic fibrosis, genotype...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Anthropometry
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Energy Metabolism
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Lung