Research Article
Does Pseudomonas aeruginosa Colonization Affect Exercise Capacity in CF?
Table 2
Spirometric, MBW, CPET and Bhalla score values in the 3 patient groups (values are shown as mean (StDev)).
| | Free of P. aeruginosa | Intermittently colonized | Chronically colonized |
| | FEV1% pred | 108.0 (13.9) | 91.6 (18.4) | 73.1 (21.0) | | FVC% pred | 107.0 (17.5) | 97.0 (17.9) | 80.3 (18.7) | | FEF50% pred | 100.5 (16.9) | 81.2 (30.8) | 61.8 (30.9) | | LCI | 8.6 (2.2) | 10.4 (2.5) | 13.3 (4.0) | | Bhalla score | 4 (5.65) | 5.5 (2.38) | 11.00 (4.2) | | VO2 peak% | 91.3 (26.3) | 83.5 (24.0) | 68.5 (18.3) |
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