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Table 1 Mean ppFEV1 within and beyond 4 km of a PCS in pwCF in the UK in 2016. p-value < 0.05 are shown in bold

From: Assessing the health risk of living near composting facilities on lung health, fungal and bacterial disease in cystic fibrosis: a UK CF Registry study

 

Mean ppFEV1

Characteristics

n (%)

mean (SD)

mean (SD)

p-value

 

 ≤ 4 km

 > 4 km

n = 7,800 (100%)

(n = 866; 11.1%)

(n = 6,934; 88.9%)

Age (years)

   

0.0265

 Children < 6

-a

  

  6-15

2,370 (30.4)

85.0 (16.7)

86.1 (17.2)

 Adults ≥ 16

5,430 (69.4)

62.2 (23.7)

64.3 (23.6)

Sex

   

 < 0.001

 Female

3,629 (46.5)

66.7 (24.5)

70.8 (23.8)

 Male

4,171 (53.5)

69.1 (24.0)

71.2 (24.3)

Genotype

   

0.001

 Homozygous F508del

3,825 (49.0)

66.1 (24.5)

68.9 (24.0)

 F508del/MF

1,511 (19.4)

66.3 (23.2)

69.0 (24.1)

 RF/other

874 (11.2)

75.9 (24.6)

79.1 (22.5)

 F508del/other

558 (7.2)

70.3 (23.1)

73.7 (24.6)

 Gating/anyb

494 (6.3)

73.3 (25.4)

75.9 (23.5)

 MF/MF

249 (3.2)

67.0 (18.5)

69.1 (21.9)

 Other/other

158 (2.0)

77.5 (21.9)

73.3 (23.6)

 MF/other

131 (1.7)

63.1 (28.3)

76.4 (22.8)

P. aeruginosa culture

   

0.0016

 Negative

3,984 (51.1)

76.3 (22.3)

79.5 (21.7)

 Positive

3816 (48.9)

60.4 (23.5)

62.4 (23.3)

Deprivation quintile (Townsend)

   

0.002

 Q1 (least deprived)

1,612 (20.7)

67.8 (23.6)

73.3 (23.6)

 Q2

1,615 (20.7)

65.8 (26.1)

71.1 (24.7)

 Q3

1,666 (21.4)

68.7 (22.9)

70.8 (24.1)

 Q4

1,547 (19.8)

69.2 (24.3)

70.3 (23.5)

 Q5 (most deprived)

1,360 (17.4)

68.3 (24.6)

69.3 (24.1)

Rural and Urban

   

0.001

 Rural

1,500 (19.2)

66.2 (24.6)

72.4 (24.1)

 Urban

6,300 (80.8)

68.3 (24.2)

70.7 (24.0)

  1. ppFEV1=percent predicted FEV1, PCS permitted composting site, pwCF people with cystic fibrosis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa = P. aeruginosa
  2. aFEV1 not reliable under 6 years of age hence excluded from ppFEV1 analysis; MF = Minimal function (a mutation that produces either no protein or protein that do not respond to currently approved CFTR modulators); RF = Residual function; Other = Either the mutation was not identified, or it was identified but classification into one of the other categories was not possible
  3. bExcept RF mutation