Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 70 patients
From: Treatment outcomes of adjuvant resectional surgery for nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease
Characteristic | No. (%) or median (IQR) |
|---|---|
Age, years | 50 (43–58) |
Sex, male | 28 (40) |
Body mass index, kg/m2 | 20.8 (19.7-22.5) |
Non-smoker | 51 (73) |
Underlying disease | Â |
History of pulmonary TB | 45 (64) |
Previous therapy for NTM lung disease | 6 (9) |
Receiving antibiotic therapy at the time of transfer | 15 (21) |
Previous lung resection | 4 (6) |
Diabetes mellitus | 5 (7) |
Etiology | Â |
Mycobacterium avium complex | 45 (64) |
M. intracellulare / M. avium | 24 / 21 |
Mycobacterium abscessus complex | 23 (33) |
M. abscessus / M. massiliense | 15 / 8 |
Mixed infection | 2 (3) |
Type of disease | Â |
Nodular bronchiectatic | 38 (54) |
Fibrocavitary | 28 (40) |
Unclassifiable | 4 (6) |
Preoperative sputum examinations | Â |
Positive AFB stain | 44 (63) |
Positive AFB culture | 54 (76) |
Preoperative pulmonary function test | Â |
FVC (L) | 2.82 (2.40-3.37) |
FVC, % predicted | 80 (70–95) |
FEV1 (L) | 2.19 (1.73-2.62) |
FEV1, % predicted | 81 (63–92) |