Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics
Characteristics | N = 183 |
|---|---|
Male sex | 74 (40.4) |
Age at diagnosis, years | 63.1 ± 12.7 |
BMI, kg/m2 | 20.0 ± 3 |
Diabetes mellitus | 25 (13.7) |
Hypertension | 47 (25.7) |
Antiplatelet or anti-coagulation | 21 (11.5) |
History of pulmonary tuberculosis | 65 (35.5) |
Hemoptysis | 78 (42.6) |
Occurrence of bronchial artery embolization | 33 (18.0) |
Surgical management of hemoptysis | 0 (0) |
Radiologic finding of NTM lung diseases | |
Nodular bronchiectatic | 155 (84.7) |
≤ 3 lobes | 113 (61.7) |
> 3 lobes | 42 (23.0) |
Fibrocavitary | 28 (15.3) |
≤ 3 lobes | 12 (6.6) |
> 3 lobes | 16 (8.7) |
Distribution of chest CT | |
≤ 3 lobes | 125 (68.3) |
> 3 lobes | 58 (31.7) |
Follow up duration, months | 48.7 ± 37.8 |
NTM species identified from pulmonary specimens | |
M. avium | 59 (32.2) |
M. intracellulare | 64 (35.0) |
M. abscessus | 40 (21.9) |
M. kansasii | 6 (3.3) |
M. fortuitum | 2 (1.1) |
M. heckeshornense | 1(0.5) |
M. szulgai | 1(0.5) |
M. avium + M. intracellulare | 2 (1.1) |
M. avium + M abscessus | 4 (2.2) |
M. intracellulare + M. abscessus | 3 (1.6) |
M. abscessus + M. tuberculosis | 1 (0.5) |