Evaluation of continuous constant current and continuous pulsed current in sweat induction for cystic fibrosis diagnosis

Table 1 Comparison of body mass index adjusted by z-score of age for gender and ethnicity for continuous constant current and sinusoidal and triangular continuous pulsed current

Body mass index group		Gender			p-value
Body mass index group		Female	Male	Total	p-value
Continuous constant current	Eutrophic	91	61	152	0.011
	Slenderness + accentuated slenderness^a	7	18	25
	Overweight + obesity + serious obesity^b	42	39	81
	Total	140	118	258
Triangular continuous pulsed current	Eutrophic	78	52	130	0.012
	Slenderness + accentuated slenderness^c	5	15	20
	Overweight + obesity + serious obesity^d	27	26	53
	Total	110	93	203
Body mass index group		Caucasians			p-value
Body mass index group		Yes	No	Total	p-value
Continuous constant current	Eutrophic	68	84	152	0.027
	Slenderness + accentuated slenderness^e	14	11	25
	Overweight + obesity + serious obesity^f	51	30	81
	Total	133	125	258
Triangular continuous pulsed current	Eutrophic	52	78	120	0.007
	Slenderness + accentuated slenderness^g	12	8	20
	Overweight + obesity + serious obesity^h	34	19	53
	Total	98	105	203

Body mass index was adjusted by z-score (age); OR, odds ratio; 95%CI, confidence interval of 95%. The calculation of odds ratio used the degree of eutrophic as its parameter. Statistical analysis conducted by χ² test. Alpha = 0.05. Statistically significant data are in bold
^aOR = 0.261; 95%CI = 0.103 to 0.662
^bOR = 0.722; 95%CI = 0.419 to 1.243
^cOR = 0.222; 95%CI = 0.076 to 0.649
^dOR = 0.692; 95%CI = 0.364 to 1.317
^eOR = 1.572; 95%CI = 0.671 to 3.685
^fOR = 2.1; 95%CI = 1.208 to 3.65
^gOR = 2.25; 95%CI = 0.861 to 5.882
^hOR = 2.684; 95%CI = 1.385 to 5.204

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