title: BMI fails to identify poor nutritional status in stunted children with CF.
abstract: Body mass index (BMI) is currently emphasized for evaluating nutritional status in children with cystic fibrosis (CF). Weight for age (WFA) and height for age (HFA) may get less attention.
  
  
  
  Data from the Epidemiologic Study of Cystic Fibrosis were used to compare patient WFA, HFA, and BMI percentiles for children age 2 to 18years.
  
  
  
  For children with BMI between the 25th and 50th percentiles, 16.8% had WFA <10th percentile and 26.6% had HFA <10th percentile.
  
  
  
  BMI fails to identify a substantial proportion of children with CF who have stunting or potentially poor nutritional status as measured by WFA and/or HFA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA. Electronic address: michael.konstan@case.edu.
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Konstan
authors.affiliation: ICON Clinical Research, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: david.pasta@iconplc.com.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Pasta
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA. Electronic address: jeffrey.wagener@ucdenver.edu.
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wagener
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA. Electronic address: drv15@case.edu.
authors.forename: Donald R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: VanDevanter
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. Electronic address: wmorgan@arc.arizona.edu.
authors.forename: Wayne J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Morgan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: Body mass index; Cystic fibrosis; Growth; Height for age; Weight for age