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Table 1 Patient data for the cohort

From: Polymicrobial airway bacterial communities in adult bronchiectasis patients

Demographic data

All patients (n = 70)

Non-exacerbated (n = 50)

Exacerbated (n = 20)

Age (yr)

61.6 ± 13

61.2 ± 13.4

62.5 ± 13

Female (%)

64.3

60

75

FEV (L)

1.46

1.45

1.54

   Males

1.78a

1.80a

1.77a

   Females

1.26b

1.20b

1.45b

FEV1% predicted

57.9

55.2

64.9

Frequent exacerbation (%)* (n = 61)

61.7

56

45

Culture negative (%)

38.6

22

40

H. influenzae colonisation (%)

21.4

12

45

P. aeruginosa colonisation (%)

32.8

40

15

Recent Antibiotics (%)+

24.3

22

30

  1. *Frequency of exacerbation data (available for 61 patients). Frequent exacerbators defined as >3 episodes per annum. + Indicates treatment within the last month with antibiotics other than maintenance colomycin or azithromycin. Values followed by different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05). When corrected for sex and height the FEV1% predicted were similar between the 2 genders.
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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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