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Introduction: Lung function, nutritional status, and parameters of exercise capacity are known predictors of mortality in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The aim of the current study was to use these important parameters to develop a multivariate model to predict mortality in adolescent patients with CF. Methods: A total of 127 adolescents with CF (57 girls) with a mean age of 12.7 ± 0.9 yr and a mean percentage of predicted forced expired volume in 1 s (FEV1%predicted) of 77.7% + 15.6% were included. Cardiopulmonary exercise testingderived parameters, nutritional status, and resting lung functions were dichotomized according to the criterion value determined using receiver operating characteristic curves. Body mass index (BMI), FEV1%predicted, predicted peak oxygen uptake corrected for body weight (VO2peak/kg%predicted), peak minute ventilation (VEpeak), peak VE/VO2, peak VE/VCO2, and breathing reserve were included in a multivariate model. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to determine the combination of parameters that best predicted mortality and/or lung transplantation. Results: The mean duration of follow-up was 7.5 ± 2.7 yr, during which, nine of the 127 patients (7.1%) died and six (4.7%) underwent lung transplantation. Mortality in this population was best predicted by the model that included FEV1%predicted (hazard ratio, 17.13; 95% confidence interval (Cl), 3.7678.06), peak VE/VO2 (hazard ratio, 5.92; 95% Cl, 1.27—27.63), and BMI (hazard ratio,