Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with Mycobacterium avium comlex lung disease (n = 235)
| Â | Median (interquartile range) or number (%) |
|---|---|
Age, years | 69 (64–76) |
Disease duration, years | 5 (3–10) |
Sex, female | 190 (80.8) |
Body mass index, kg/m2 | 19.5 (17.5–21.2) |
Mycobacterium species | Â |
  Mycobacterium avium | 128 (54.5) |
  Mycobacterium intracellulare | 12 (5.1) |
 MAC | 95 (40.4) |
Smoking status | Â |
 Never | 215 (91.5) |
 Former | 20 (8.5) |
 Current | 0 (0) |
Charlson comorbidity index | 3 (3–4) |
Underlying pulmonary diseases | Â |
 Asthma | 8 (3.4) |
 COPD | 2 (0.9) |
 Interstitial lung disease | 1 (0.4) |
 Lung cancer | 2 (0.9) |
 Old pulmonary TB | 23 (9.8) |
Treatment status | Â |
 Never treated | 110 (46.8) |
 Previously treated | 45 (19.1) |
 Currently treated | 80 (34.0) |
Bacterial status in the previous year | Â |
 Positive smear | 78 (33.2) |
 Positive culture | 132 (56.1) |
%FVC, % | 95.7 (80.1–108.0) |
%FEV1, % | 87.3 (72.7–99.1) |
%DLCO, % | 88.7 (78.2–104.6) |