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Table 3 Clinical outcomes

From: Pulmonary exacerbations and clinical outcomes in a longitudinal cohort of infants and preschool children with cystic fibrosis

Clinical Outcome

Results

Number of exacerbations, median (range)

2 (0,13)

Age at study completion in years, median (range)

3.7 (2.2–7.1)

Brasfield chest x-ray scores, enrollment

21.5 (18.0,25.0)

Brasfield chest x-ray scores, study completion

21.0 (17.0,24.0)

Change in chest x-ray scores, n = 25, median (range)

−0.5 (−3.0, 4.0)*

Culture results, n = subjects with positive culture at any time over two-year study period, (%)

Staphylococcus aureus

26 (87%)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

4 (13%)

Haemophilus influenzae

29 (97%)

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

4 (13%)

PEx Culture results, n = positive culture during PEx, (% of PEx) [# subjects with positive culture]

Staphyloccus aureus

37 (39%) [18]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2 (2%) [2]

Haemophilus influenzae

27 (28%) [15]

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

4 (4%) [3]

Change in weight z-score, n = 28, median (range)

0.39 (−2.00, 1.61) *

FEV1 percent predicted at 7 years, n = 23, median (range)

104 (89–138)

  1. *signed rank test p-value <0.05