Table 1
Mean (SE) characteristics of study subjects
| Normal controls (n=15) | Steroid treated (n=15) | Steroid untreated (n=14) | ΔF508 hom (n=9) |
ΔF508 het (n=6) |
Pseud positive (n=14) | Pseud neg (n=15) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 31 (3) | 22 (11) | 28 (6) | 24 (9) | 23 (9) | 27 (9) | 24 (6) |
| Sex (M/F) | 8/7 | 5/10 | 10/4 | 3/6 | 4/2 | 4/10 | 11/4 |
| FEV1 (% predicted) | 96 (7) | 39 (7) | 42 (6) | 48 (9) | 55 (9) | 58 (9) | 51 (9) |
| Steroid treatment | 0 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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hom = homozygous; het = heterozygous; Pseud positive = patients colonised with Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseud neg = patients not colonised with Pseudomonas aeruginosa; FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in one second.
