Ankitha Madde1, William Okoniewski1, Don B Sanders2, Clement L Ren2, Daniel J Weiner1, Erick Forno3. 1. Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, UPMC, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 2. Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. 3. Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, UPMC, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: erick.forno@chp.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is a strong association between nutrition and long-term FEV1 in cystic fibrosis (CF), but studies have been driven by data from subjects with pancreatic insufficiency (PI-CF). We thus evaluated the association between body mass index (BMI) and FEV1 percent-predicted (FEV1pp) in children with pancreatic sufficiency (PS-CF) and contrasted it with the association in PI-CF. METHODS: We utilized data from the CF Foundation Patient Registry. The cohort included children born 1995-2010, diagnosed <2 years of age, and who had annualized data on BMI percentile and FEV1pp at ages 6-16 years. Pancreatic status was defined based on pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy. The association between BMI and FEV1 was evaluated using linear and mixed-effects longitudinal regression. RESULTS: There were 424 children with PS-CF and 7,849 with PI-CF. The association between BMI and FEV1 differed significantly by pancreatic status: each 10-pct higher BMI was associated with 2% [95%CI = 1.9-2.1] higher FEV1pp in PI-CF, compared to just 0.9% [0.5-1.3] in PS-CF (PINTERACTION < 0.001). Within the at-risk nutritional category (BMI <25pct), each 10-pct higher BMI was associated with 5% higher FEV1pp in PI-CF, but no significant increase in PS-CF. Moreover, in PS-CF, overweight/obesity (BMI ≥85pct) was associated with decreasing FEV1pp. In addition, FEV1pp decline through age 20 years in youth with PS-CF was modest (-0.6% per year) and independent of BMI (BMI*age PINTERACTION = 0.37). CONCLUSIONS: In children with PS-CF, BMI remains an important determinant of lung function. However, it may be less critical to attain a BMI >50th percentile; and BMI ≥85th percentile may be detrimental.
BACKGROUND: There is a strong association between nutrition and long-term FEV1 in cystic fibrosis (CF), but studies have been driven by data from subjects with pancreatic insufficiency (PI-CF). We thus evaluated the association between body mass index (BMI) and FEV1 percent-predicted (FEV1pp) in children with pancreatic sufficiency (PS-CF) and contrasted it with the association in PI-CF. METHODS: We utilized data from the CF Foundation Patient Registry. The cohort included children born 1995-2010, diagnosed <2 years of age, and who had annualized data on BMI percentile and FEV1pp at ages 6-16 years. Pancreatic status was defined based on pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy. The association between BMI and FEV1 was evaluated using linear and mixed-effects longitudinal regression. RESULTS: There were 424 children with PS-CF and 7,849 with PI-CF. The association between BMI and FEV1 differed significantly by pancreatic status: each 10-pct higher BMI was associated with 2% [95%CI = 1.9-2.1] higher FEV1pp in PI-CF, compared to just 0.9% [0.5-1.3] in PS-CF (PINTERACTION < 0.001). Within the at-risk nutritional category (BMI <25pct), each 10-pct higher BMI was associated with 5% higher FEV1pp in PI-CF, but no significant increase in PS-CF. Moreover, in PS-CF, overweight/obesity (BMI ≥85pct) was associated with decreasing FEV1pp. In addition, FEV1pp decline through age 20 years in youth with PS-CF was modest (-0.6% per year) and independent of BMI (BMI*age PINTERACTION = 0.37). CONCLUSIONS: In children with PS-CF, BMI remains an important determinant of lung function. However, it may be less critical to attain a BMI >50th percentile; and BMI ≥85th percentile may be detrimental.
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