Is sweat testing for cystic fibrosis feasible in patients with down syndrome?

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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

	Patients with DS	Healthy controls
Number	16	16
sex	7 male	6 male
sex	9 female	10 female
Age (mean/range)	14,4 (3–32)	15,9 (3–30)
Age < 18 years	11	7
Weight (kg)	41,7 (18–64)	47,5 (17–81) ^n.s.
Height (cm)	140 (99–164)	154 (103–182) ^n.s.
Children with height below 3rd percentile	7/11	0/7*
Cardiac defects	10	0*
Hypothyreosis	7	0*

Comparison of the participants’ anthropometric data as well as concomitant illnesses. Significant differences are marked as follows: n.s. = non significant; * p < 0.05.

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