Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 753-759 , July 2010

Fat-free mass depletion in cystic fibrosis: Associated with lung disease severity but poorly detected by body mass index

  • Susannah J. King, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Monash University, Monash Medical Centre, Victoria, Australia
    • Department of Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Nutrition Department, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61-3-9594-4472; fax: +61-3-9594-6509.
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  • Ibolya B. Nyulasi, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Monash University, Monash Medical Centre, Victoria, Australia
    • Nutrition Department, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Boyd J.G. Strauss, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Monash University, Monash Medical Centre, Victoria, Australia
    • Body Composition Laboratory, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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  • Tom Kotsimbos, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Michael Bailey, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • John W. Wilson, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Received 9 February 2009 ,Accepted 19 June 2009.

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 This study was partly funded by the Australian Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust. S. J. K. was the recipient of a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Postgraduate Scholarship and a Cystic Fibrosis Victoria Research Award.

PII: S0899-9007(09)00307-4

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.06.026

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 753-759 , July 2010

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