TABLE 1.

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SUBJECTS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND ACUTE PULMONARY EXACERBATION

	Patients with CF and APE (n = 23)	Outpatients with CF (n = 9)
Age, yr	27.1 ± 6.6	25.8 ± 7.0
Females, n (%)	6 (31.6)	7 (64.0)
FEV1, % predicted	33.5 ± 13.4	60.3 ± 15.1
FVC, % predicted	45.1 ± 14.1	73.9 ± 23.1
Colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, n (%)	17 (89.5)	9 (81.8)
Genotype (alleles), n (%)
ΔF508	21 (55.3)	14 (63.6)
Unknown/not identified	13 (34.2)	1 (4.5)
Other	4 (10.5)	8 (31.9)

Definition of abbreviations: APE = acute pulmonary exacerbation; CF = cystic fibrosis.

Values are mean ± SD or n (%).