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. 2021 Dec 6;45(1):e20200275. doi: 10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2020-0275

Table 1 -. General characteristics of patients with Cystic Fibrosis in follow-up at the reference center for CF of São Lucas Hospital (PUCRS).

Variables N= 92
Age (years), median (II) 9.1 (4.5 - 19.4)
Children and adolescents, N (%) 70 (76.1)
Gender, N (%)
Male 51 (55.4)
Ethnicity, N (%)
Caucasian 87 (94.6)
Age of diagnosis (years), median (II) 0.35 (0.1 - 3.5)
Nutritional status (adults)
BMI (kg/m²), mean ± SD 21.4 ± 4.0
Nutritional Status (children and adolescents)
Percentile Weight / Age, median (II) 35.8 (24.3 - 51.3)
Percentile BMI/ Age, median (II) 65.6 (39.6 - 84.3)
Causing variants classification, N (%)
III-VI 22 (23.9)
I-II 70 (76.1)
Causing variants, N (%)
F508del homozygous 33 (35.9)
F508del heterozygous 31 (33.7)
Others 28 (30.4)
Pancreatic Insufficiency, N (%) 82 (90.1)
Bronchiectasis, N (%) 35 (56.5)
Pulmonary Function, mean ± SD
Predicted FEV1 %, pre-bronchodilator 80.2 ± 30.5