Who is affected by cystic fibrosis
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Who is affected by cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is one of the most common genetic (caused by a defective gene) diseases in white children in the United States.
- 1 in every 3,500 white infants has cystic fibrosis.1
- Cystic fibrosis occurs in equal numbers of boys and girls.
Cystic fibrosis is much less common in children of most other races. It is extremely rare in native Asian and African people (fewer than 1 in 50,000), but more common in the American populations of these ethnic groups.
References
Citations
Boat TF (2004). Cystic fibrosis. In RE Behrman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 17th ed., pp. 1437–1450. Philadelphia: Saunders.
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| Author | Debby Golonka, MPH |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Susanna McColley, MD - Pediatric Pulmonology |
| Last Updated | June 26, 2007 |
| Last updated: | June 26, 2007 |
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| Author: | Debby Golonka, MPH |
| Reviewed By: | Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics, Susanna McColley, MD - Pediatric Pulmonology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman |
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