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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cyst Fibros. 2017 Apr 29;16(5):592–599. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2017.04.005

Table 1.

Demographic and baseline characteristics at admission

Characteristic Study participants
(N=220)
n %
Gender Female 124 56
Age distribution (years) 12 to <18 42 19
18 to <30 116 53
≥30 62 28
Race White 198 90
Hispanic 12 5
Unknown/Other 10 5
Genotype Homozygous F508del 121 55
Heterozygous F508del 82 37
Other 16 7
Not available 1 1
Insurance status* Enrolled in Medicaid 76 37
Pancreatic status* Prescribed pancreatic enzymes 196 89
FEV1 % predicted* <40 74 36
40–<70 84 41
70–<100 42 21
≥100 3 1
Respiratory microbiology* Pseudomonas aeruginosa 154 71
Mucoid P. aeruginosa 121 56
Staphylococcus aureus (methicillin susceptible) 78 36
Methicillin-resistant S. aureus 84 39
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 31 14
Achromobacter xylosoxidans 20 9
Burkholderia cepacia complex 6 3
Aspergillus spp. 47 22
Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM)* Yes 16 7
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)* Yes 28 13
CF-related diabetes mellitus* Yes 86 39
Chronic CF medications* Inhaled tobramycin 155 71
Inhaled aztreonam 111 51
Inhaled colistimethate 30 14
Dornase alfa 207 95
Hypertonic saline 170 78
Azithromycin 164 75
Ivacaftor 8 4
*

Excludes missing data for insurance status (n = 14), pancreatic status (n = 1), FEV1 % predicted (n = 17), respiratory microbiology (n = 4), non-tuberculous Mycobacteria (n = 2), ABPA (n = 1), CF-related diabetes mellitus (n = 1), chronic CF medications (n = 1)

Includes respiratory cultures recorded up to 6 months prior to admission and chronic medications recorded up to 12 months prior

Categories are not mutually exclusive and may add up to >100%