Sharma et al evaluated the impact of malnutrition with wasting on survival in patients with cystic fibrosis. The authors are from Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College London and Max-Delbruck-Centrum for Molecular Medicine.
Patient selection: 7 to 45 years (mean age 21 years)
Parameters:
(1) ideal body weight (IBW)
(2) current body weight (CBW)
(3) FEV1 in liters
(4) predicted FEV1 in liters
body weight as percent of ideal body weight =
= (current body weight) / (ideal body weight) * 100%