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Table 3 Clinical and serological characteristics of included patients (metric and ordinal variables)

From: Dynamics of soluble and cellular inflammatory markers in nasal lavage obtained from Cystic Fibrosis patients during intravenous antibiotic treatment

Metric and ordinal variables

n

Mean

SD

Median

Range

Age (yrs.)

17

22.7

8.2

22.0

7-39

Weight (kg)

17

51.7

14.6

51.4

22.0-73.3

Height (cm)

17

160.9

15.57

162

117.8-180

BMI (kg/m2)

17

19.5

3.2

20.4

12.6-24.2

SDSLMS *1

17

-1.2

1.3

-1.1

-5.5-0.1

ESR after 1/2 h (mm/h)

13

21.2/42.3

18.1/28.7

18/41

1-61/9-104

CRP (mg/l)

17

12.5

13.8

5.6

2.0-47.0

FEV1 (l)/(% predicted)

17

1.9/62.7

0.8/24

1.7/65.5

0.8-3.9/24.3-108.6

MEF75/25 (l)/(% predicted)

15

1.7/46

2.03/39

1.1/30

0.3-7.9/7.4-153.3

Shwachman Score (without chest X-ray)

17

68.2

10.0

70.0

35.0-75.0

Total IgE (KU/l)

17

249.7

481.1

76.8

1.9-1944.0

Total IgG (KU/l)

17

13.8

4.1

13.3

5.9-19.5

Retrieved NL volume prior therapy (mL)

15

11.5

2.0

12.0

8.0-16.0

Retrieved NL volume during/after therapy (mL)

15

11.3

1.19

11.0

10.0-13.0