Global Journal of Medical Research, F: Diseases, Volume 22 Issue 6

Figure 1: Sweat chloride test result among study population (N=400) The relationship between the sweat chloride test results of the participants and their socio-demographic characteristics were described in table 1. The mean age of SCT positive patients was 8.92 ± 6.72 years, statistically significant (p<0.05%) number of them were male (63.2%) and reside in rural area (47.4%). Table-1: Relationship between Sweat Chloride Test Results of the participants and their Socio-Demographic characteristics (N=400) Positive Borderline Negative P-value Characteristics SCT+Ve SCT±Ve SCT-Ve (n=38) (n=9) (n=353) Age group <5 years 8(21.1%) 1(11.1%) 85(24.1%) 5-10 years 20(52.6%) 3(33.3%) 120(34.0%) 0.354 11-15 years 6(15.8%) 3(33.3%) 86(24.4%) >15 years 4(10.5%) 2(22.2%) 62(17.6%) Mean ± SD, Yrs 8.92 ± 6.72 10.11 ± 5.58 9.21 ± 7.91 0.748 Sex Male 24(63.2%) 9(100.0%) 190(53.8%) 0.014 Female 14(36.8%) 0(0.0%) 163(46.2%) Consanguinity Present 7 (18.42 %) 1(11.1%) 47(13.3%) 0.213 Absent 31 (81.57 %) 8(88.9%) 306(86.7%) Residence Urban 11(28.9%) 5(55.6%) 168(47.6%) 0.015 Sub urban 7(18.4%) 2(22.2%) 102(28.9%) Rural 18(47.4%) 2(22.2%) 83(23.5%) Table 2 shows us the relationship between different clinical features of the participants and their SCT results. FTT, digital clubbing, recurrent pneumonia, nasal polyps and rectal prolapse were statistically significant Positive (38) 9.5% Border Line (09) 2.25% Negative (353) 88.25% Sweat chloride test result Positive (38) Boarder line (09) Negative (353) 21 Year 2022 Global Journal of Medical Research Volume XXII Issue VI Version I ( D ) F © 2022 Global Journals Cystic Fibrosis– Is it Extremely Rare or Invariably Missed: An Observational Study in Bangladesh Scenario rest of the patients (88.25%) had normal sweat test results (Figure 1).