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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and NTM lung diseases

From: Comparative chest computed tomography findings of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung diseases and pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with acid fast bacilli smear-positive sputum

 

Pulmonary tuberculosis n = 75

NTM lung disease n = 20

Pvalue

Age, years

65.57 ± 18.20

67.60 ± 14.63

0.647

Male

58 (77.3)

11 (55.0)

0.047

Ever smoker

24 (32.0)

3 (15.0)

0.134

Diabetes mellitus

14 (18.7)

3 (15.0)

1.000

Malignancy

3 (4.0)

0 (0.0)

1.000

Autoimmune disease

2 (2.7)

1 (5.0)

0.512

COPD

9 (12.0)

4 (20.0)

0.463

Pneumoconiosis

1 (1.3)

1 (5.0)

0.378

  1. Numbers in parentheses are percentages. NTM: non-tuberculosis mycobacterium; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine

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