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Table 1 Anthropometric and nutritional data of female patients with NTM-LD and healthy women

From: Nutritional status in female patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease and its association with disease severity

 

NTM-LD

Control

p Value a

(n = 81)

(n = 75)

Age (years)

70.8 ± 8.6

71.1 ± 2.9

0.794

Anthropometric data

 Height (cm)

153.7 ± 6.9

152.9 ± 5.1

0.436

 Body weight (kg)

46.8 ± 7.2

53.3 ± 7.8

 < 0.001

 Body mass index (kg/m2)

19.8 ± 2.5

22.8 ± 2.9

 < 0.001

 Fat mass (kg)

12.8 ± 4.8

16.5 ± 5.4

 < 0.001

 Percentage of body fat (%)

26.7 ± 7.1

30.4 ± 6.1

0.001

 Skeletal muscle mass (kg)

17.8 ± 2.5

19.6 ± 2.1

 < 0.001

Nutritional data

 Energy (kcal/day)

1673 ± 340

1926 ± 375

 < 0.001

 Protein (g/day)

64.2 ± 18.0

79.4 ± 18.9

 < 0.001

 Fat (g/day)

51.2 ± 17.4

59.9 ± 17.3

0.002

 Carbohydrate (g/day)

229.9 ± 55.7

260.0 ± 60.3

0.002

  1. Mean ± standard deviation
  2. NTM-LD nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease
  3. aUnpaired t-test
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