Table 3
Mean differences between screened and non-screened group: cross sectional (CS) and longitudinal (L) data adjusted for pancreatic function (positive values indicate advantage for screened)
| One year Mean (95% CI) difference of estimate |
Five years Mean (95% CI) difference of estimate |
10 years Mean (95% CI) difference of estimate |
All ages (95% CI) unadjusted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Height SDS | ||||
| CS | 0.3 (−0.1, 0.7) | 0.4† (0.1, 0.8) | 0.4 (−0.1, 0.8) | |
| L | 0.2 (−0.3, 0.7) | 0.4 (−0.1, 0.8) | 0.4 (−0.1, 0.8) | 0.3 (−0.1, 0.7) |
| Weight SDS | ||||
| CS | 0.5‡(0.2, 1.0) | 0.4 (−0.1, 0.8) | 0.3 (−0.1, 0.7) | |
| L | 0.5† (0.1, 0.9) | 0.2 (−0.2, 0.7) | 0.3 (−0.1, 0.7) | 0.4† (0.1, 0.7) |
| FEV1 (% predicted) | ||||
| CS | 9.0‡ (2.6, 15.4) | 9.4† (0.8, 17.9) | ||
| L | 7.3† (0.4, 14.3) | 8.3 (−0.1, 16.6) | 8.6‡ (2.1, 15.0) | |
| FVC (% predicted) | ||||
| CS | 8.5† (1.9, 15.2) | 8.4† (1.8, 15.0) | ||
| L | 4.1 (−2.4, 10.7) | 7.3† (1.1, 13.5) | 6.5† (1.0, 11.9) | |
| FEF25-75 (% predicted) | ||||
| CS | 21.2‡ (9.0, 33.4) | 9.3 (−5.7, 24.2) | ||
| L | 19.3‡ (5.8, 32.9) | 8.0 (−7.1, 23.1) | 13.2† (1.6, 24.7) | |
| CXR score | ||||
| CS | 1.0 (−0.4, 1.9) | 1.2 (−0.1, 2.6) | 1.0 (−1.0, 2.5) | |
| L | 1.0 (−0.4, 2.2) | 1.1 (−0.4, 2.6) | 1.0 (−1.2, 2.4) | 1.0 (−0.1, 1.9) |
| Shwachman score | ||||
| CS | 2.4‡ (0.7, 4.1) | 3.8‡(1.0, 4.1) | 5.3† (1.2, 9.4) | |
| L | 2.3† (0.4, 4.1) | 2.8 (−0.3, 6.0) | 5.0† (0.8, 9.2) | 3.6‡ (1.4, 5.7) |
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SDS = standard deviation score. Student’s ttest: † p<0.05 and ‡ p<0.01 for difference between screened and non-screened group.
