Nutritional assessment and rehabilitation in children with bronchiectasis and childhood interstitial lung diseases: effects on pulmonary functions and clinical severity

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 1 Demographic data and diagnosis of the studied groups

	Patients (n = 30)	Controls (n = 40)
Male	12 (40%)	25 (62.5%)
Female	18 (60%)	15 (37.5%)
Age (years) (mean ± SD)	8.46 ± 4.32	8.63 ± 2.50
Residence
Urban	20 (66.7%)	21 (52.5%)
Rural	10 (33.3%)	19 (47.5%)
Diagnosis
Bronchiectasis (CF and non CF)	17 (56.7%)
Childhood interstitial lung diseases (ChILD)	13 (43.3%)