Nutritional status of adolescents with cystic fibrosis treated at a reference center in the southeast region of Brazil.

Background: Several factors can interfere with the full physical and emotional growth of adolescents, among them chronic diseases. The aim was to determine the nutritional status of adolescents and to associate it with puberty, pancreatic sufficiency, lung function and age range of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) diagnosis.

Methods: An observational, cross-sectional, retrospective and analytical study was conducted using the data of medical records.