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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study subjects

From: Low serum estradiol levels are related to Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease: a cross-sectional study

 

MAC-LD (n = 42)

Control (n = 91)

p-value

Age, years, median (IQR)

61 (59–64)

56 (54–59)

< 0.001

BMI, median (IQR)

19.14 (17.85–20.58)

22.18 (19.68–24.53)

< 0.001

Age at menopause, years, median (IQR)

50.5 (50–53)

51 (49–53)

0.798

Age at first menstruation, years, median (IQR)

12.5 (12–13.75)

12 (12–13)

0.383

Years after menopause, years, median (IQR)

11.5 (8–12.75)

5 (2–8.25)

< 0.001

History of tuberculosis, n (%)

1 (2.4)

4 (4.4)

1.000

Chronic diseases, n (%)

10 (23.8)

32 (35.2)

0.231

Hypertension, n (%)*

3 (7.1)

16 (17.5)

0.181

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)*

1 (2.4)

3 (3.3)

1.000

Dyslipidemia, n (%)*

2 (4.8)

17 (18.7)

0.035

Osteoporosis, n (%)*

5 (11.9)

3 (3.3)

0.108

History of smoking, n (%)

8 (19.0)

17 (18.7)

1.000

  1. Abbreviations: MAC-LD Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease, BMI body mass index, IQR interquartile range
  2. *Chronic diseases that required medication
  3. Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables