Title |
Reference percentiles for FEV1 and BMI in European children and adults with cystic fibrosis
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Published in |
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, September 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1750-1172-7-64 |
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Authors |
Pierre-Yves Boëlle, Laura Viviani, Pierre-Francois Busson, Hanne V Olesen, Sophie Ravilly, Martin Stern, Baroukh M Assael, Celeste Barreto, Pavel Drevinek, Muriel Thomas, Uros Krivec, Meir Mei-Zahav, Jean-François Vibert, Annick Clement, Anil Mehta, Harriet Corvol |
Abstract |
The clinical course of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is usually measured using the percent predicted FEV(1) and BMI Z-score referenced against a healthy population, since achieving normality is the ultimate goal of CF care. Referencing against age and sex matched CF peers may provide valuable information for patients and for comparison between CF centers or populations. Here, we used a large database of European CF patients to compute CF specific reference equations for FEV(1) and BMI, derived CF-specific percentile charts and compared these European data to their nearest international equivalents. |
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