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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants

From: Associations between adherence, depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life in young adults with cystic fibrosis

 

Study participants

Non-participants

p value

Number

67

20

 

Age mean (range)

24.1 (18–30)

22.6 (18–30)

0.09

Females, n (%)

38 (59)

8 (40)

0.20

BMI (kg m2), mean (SD)

21.8 (3.6)

21.2 (2.2)

0.40

FEV1 % predicted, mean (SD)

72.2 (23)

74 (22)

0.80

FEV1 (≤40 %), n (%)

7 (11)

1 (5)

 

FEV1 (41–70 %), n (%)

25 (38)

7 (35)

 

FEV1 (>71 %), n (%)

33 (51)

12 (60)

0.70

Chronic pulmonary infectiona, n (%)

40 (62)

10 (50)

0.30

CFRD, n (%)

18 (28)

7 (35)

0.40

Singleb, n (%)

33 (49)

NA

 

Lower education, n (%)

21 (31)

NA

 

High school, n (%)

18 (27)

NA

 

College/university, n (%)

19 (28)

NA

 

Employed or studying, n (%)

56 (84)

NA

 

Incapacitated to work/study, n (%)

9 (13)

NA

 
  1. CFRD cystic fibrosis related diabetes
  2. aPseudomonas aeruginosa, Achromobacter xylosoxidans and Burkholderia species
  3. bSingle status is self-reported and defined as not having a romantic partner