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Survival of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Depending on Mutation Type and Nutritional Status.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2018
Szwed A, John A, Goździk-Spychalska J, Czaiński W, Czerniak W, Ratajczak J, Batura-Gabryel H
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the influence of nutrition and of the severity of mutation type on survival rate in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Data were longitudinally collected from 60 hospitalized adult CF patients, aged 18-50. The variables consisted of body mass index (BMI) ratio, Cole's BMI cut-off points, severity of mutation type, and survival rate of CF patients. We found that the mean BMI...
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