Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease (n = 103)
Variable | |
|---|---|
Age, years | 68 (64–75) |
Sex, Male/Female | 23 (22)/80 (78) |
Disease duration, years | 5.8 (2.3–10.1) |
BMI, kg/m2 | 19.2 (17.5–20.4) |
Smoking status | |
Never/ Former/ Current | 92 (89)/11 (11)/0 (0) |
Charlson comorbidity index | 4 (4–5) |
Underlying pulmonary diseases | |
Old pulmonary tuberculosis | 11 (11) |
Bronchial asthma | 4 (4) |
Lung cancer | 1 (1) |
Sputum findings for NTM infection within the previous year | |
Smear/culture positivity | 31 (30)/62 (60) |
%FVC, % | 94 (80–107) |
%FEV1, % | 87 (73–98) |
FEV1/FVC < 70% | 35 (34) |
%FEV1 < 80% | 39 (38) |
Presence of cavitary lesions | 31 (30.1) |
Radiological pattern | |
NB/FC/NB + FC/unclassified | 81 (78.6)/3 (2.9)/15 (14.5)/4 (3.9) |
SF-36 scores | |
PCS | 48 (38–54) |
MCS | 51 (42–56) |
RCS | 48 (43–54) |
SGRQ scores | |
Symptoms | 31 (15–48) |
Activity | 24 (6–48) |
Impacts | 9 (3–29) |
Total | 19 (9–36) |