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. 2007 Mar 29;5:5. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-5-5

Table 4.

Modification of clinical score and respiratory function tests after gentamicin treatment.

Group A
n = 9
Group B
n = 4
Group C
n = 5
D0 D15 p D0 D15 p D0 D15 p

CFCS 30(8) 21(8) 0.007 25(1) 22 (1) NS 23.5(2) 23(3) NS
FEV1(L) 1.82(0.8) 2.07(0.8) 0.04 1.68(0.4) 1.77(0.3) NS 2(0.3) 2.12(0.4) NS
FVC(L) 2.2(1) 2.36(0.9) NS 2.08(0.6) 2.14(0.5) NS 2.93(0.5) 3(0.4) NS
FEF25–75(L) 1.54(1.1) 1.95(1.06) NS 1.91(0.9) 1.96(0.8) NS 1.93(1.8) 1.99(1.8) NS

Group A: patients with the Y122X stop mutation. Group B: patients with another stop mutation. Group C: patients without any stop mutation. CFCS refers to the Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Score. FEV1, FVC, FEF25–75 as defined in Table 2 and are expressed as absolute values. Data are described as mean (SD). Comparison with Wilcoxon test.