Table 2 Assessment of basic defect (A): sweat tests and nasal potential difference (NPD) measurements (mV)
Patient numberCFTR genotypeSweat chloride concentration (mval/l)Basal PD (mV)Change in PD (mV)
Day of assessmentPrior tests (age)AmilorideChloride-free + isoproterenol
Out-of-frame deletion
1CFTRdele2,3(21 kb)/CFTRdele2,3(21 kb)10395 (10 mo)−6022−10
Nonsense mutation
2R553X/R553X96100 (16 mo)−6234−7
3R1162X/R1162X98110 (2 y 1 mo)−4823−4
4R1162X/R1162X104112 (1 mo)−39300
Splice-site mutation
51898+3 A-G/1898+3 A-G7369 (4 mo)−3321−3
63849+10 kb C-T/3849+10 kb C-T9264 (20 y 5 mo)−4430−12
49 (28 y 4 mo)
73849+10 kb C-T/3849+10 kb C-T2050 (11 y 2 mo)−2712+3
In-frame deletion
8CFTRdele2(ins186)/CFTRdele2(ins186)102134 (4 mo)−4530−1
9CFTRdele2(ins186)/CFTRdele2(ins186)100119 (9 y)−4831−8
10CFTRdele2(ins186)/CFTRdele2(ins186)131100 (4 y)−5841−12
Missense mutation
11E92K/E92K11893 (8 mo)−5220−11
12G314E/G314E1543 (6 y 2 mo)−194−16
13L997F/L997F8
14W1098L/W1098L107118 (2 mo)
15M1101K/M1101K108120−5633−16
16M1101K/M1101K130120−6426−15
17M1101K/M1101K118−2913−10
F508del/F508del (n = 74)7106±22−56±1028±9−8±5
non-CF (n = 25)16±9−20±1011±6−30±8
  • Sibpairs: patients 3 & 4, 6 & 7, 9 & 10, 15, 16 & 17.