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. 2019 Sep;25(9):10.18553/jmcp.2019.25.9.1021. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2019.25.9.1021

TABLE 1.

Member Demographics

Member Demographics N = 21
Gender, female, n a
Age, at treatment initiation, in years, mean (range) 20.1 (12-51)
Number of CF medications at baseline, mean (SD)b 3.5 (2.1)
Members receiving respiratory medications, excluding respiratory antibiotics, % 81.8
Members receiving respiratory antibiotics, % 59.1
Members receiving gastrointestinal medications, % 68.2
Complications of cystic fibrosis, members, %
0 0
1 14.3
2 19.0
≥ 3 66.7
PDC, mean (SD) 0.62 (0.29)
PDC ≥ 0.8, n a

aNot reportable due to cell size < 11.

bPharmacy claims for medications used to treat CF within 90 days of index date. CF-specific medication has been defined based on the CF pulmonary guidelines as dornase alfa, any inhaled antibiotic, hypertonic saline, oral macrolide antibiotics, ibuprofen, leukotriene modifiers, cromolyn, inhaled beta-adrenergic receptor agonists, inhaled anticholinergics, or N-acetylcysteine.

CF = cystic fibrosis; PDC = proportion of days covered, SD = standard deviation.