Table 1

Mean (SD) best annual FEV1 (% predicted) two years before, in the year of transition, and two years after the year of transition for the four subgroups of patients with cystic fibrosis colonised with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA)

SubgroupMean (SD) FEV1 (% predicted) in the years
−202
PA1 (n = 11)64.3 (21.0)65.0 (21.6)63.6 (21.29
PAc (n = 19)67.3 (22.7)68.4 (24.6)66.1 (30.5)
PAm (n = 21)63.6 (22.3)67.3 (23.4)61.8 (23.8)1-150
PAcm (n = 22)67.1 (22.1)1-150 75.1 (23.4)67.8 (22.0)1-150
  • PA1 = first PA detection; PAc = chronic PA colonisation; PAm = first mucoid PA detection; PAcm = chronic mucoid PA colonisation.

  • 1-150 p<0.05.