Children | Adults | All patients | p-value | |
Respiratory complications | ||||
Aspergillosis (ABPA) | 5.0 | 8.5 | 6.1 | <0.001 |
Surgery for nasal polyps | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | ns |
Massive haemoptysis | 0.6 | 4.3 | 1.8 | <0.001 |
Pneumothorax | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | <0.001 |
Tuberculosis | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ns |
Gastrointestinal complications | ||||
Hepatobiliary disease | 14.7 | 16.9 | 15.4 | ns |
Diabetes mellitus | 2.3 | 16.8 | 7.0 | <0.001 |
Intestinal obstruction (DIOS) | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | ns |
Other concomitant disease | 11.4 | 17.3 | 13.3 | <0.001 |
Children versus adults
ABPA: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
DIOS: distal intestinal obstruction syndrome