NUTRITION STATUS OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS

Summary Introduction. The number of adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) is gradually increasing. The nutritional status has an important role in the progression of the disease. Aim. To investigate the malnutrition risk and the nutritional status of adults with CF, and to analyse the obtained data according to gender, transplantation, dominantly affected system organ class, comorbidity, bacterial infection and sports habits. Material and methods. The nutritional status was assessed by a bioelectrical impedance machine, and the malnutrition risk screening was measured by NRS2002. Results. Forty-four patients participated (20 males, 24 females). Mean BMI in males was significantly higher compared with females (p = 0.01). The mean muscle percentage of patients doing sport regularly was significantly higher than those who do not do sport (p = 0.0126). Between mean body fat percentages there was no significant difference. There was no significant difference in mean BMI and body fat percentage between patients with and without transplantation, patients who live with one dominantly affected system organ class and patients who live with more dominantly affected system organ classes, patients who have concomitant illness and patients who do not, or patients who have one concomitant illness and patients who have more concomitant illnesses. Moreover, there was no significant difference in mean BMI and body fat percentage between patients who suffer from a bacterial infection and who do not, or patients who suffer from one bacterial infection and patients who have several bacterial infections. The majority of those patients who participated in the malnutrition risk screening were malnour- ished (77.3%). Conclusions. The research can prove high prevalence of malnutrition among adult patients with CF, which needs nutrition intervention to recover from.