Demographic characteristics, clinical and laboratory features, and the distribution of pathogenic variants in the CFTR gene in the Cypriot cystic fibrosis (CF) population demonstrate the utility of a national CF patient registry

Table 1 Clinical presentation of Cypriot CF patients

Clinical presentation	Number of patients	Percentage of patients (%)
Acute or persistent respiratory symptoms	24	46.2
Failure to thrive or malnutrition	21	40.4
Dehydration and or electrolyte imbalance	17	32.7
Steatorrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms	7	13.5
Meconium ileus or other intestinal obstruction	5	9.6
Prenatal screening (amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling)	3	5.8
Family history and genotyping	3	5.8
Neonatal screening	2	3.9
Nasal polyposis and/or sinus disease	1	1.9
Unknown presenting symptoms	6	11.5

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