Description

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%

 

FEV1 as percent of predicted FEV1 =

= (FEV1) / (predicted FEV1)

CBW as Percent IBW

Mortality Rate

> 110%

(0.002173 * ((FEV1)^2)) – (0.6292 * (FEV1)) + 55.89

90 to 110%

(0.001637 * ((FEV1)^2)) – (0.5724 * (FEV1)) + 65.51

85 to 89.9%

(0.001283 * ((FEV1)^2)) – (0.5426 * (FEV1)) + 73.19

80 to 84.9%

(0.001908 * ((FEV1)^2)) – (0.7108 * (FEV1)) + 87.99

< 80%

(-0.1446 * (FEV1)) + 84.73

 

where:

• The range for FEV1 as percent of predicted was from 10 to 130%.

 


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