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Volume 25, Number 3—March 2019
Dispatch

Epidemiology of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection, South Korea, 2007–2016

Hyewon Lee1, Woojae Myung1, Won-Jung Koh, Seong Mi Moon, and Byung Woo JhunComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (H. Lee); Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul (H. Lee, W. Myung); Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul (W.-J. Koh, S.M. Moon, B.W. Jhun)

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Table 2

Sex, age, and underlying conditions among patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial infection, South Korea, 2007–2016*

Category No. (%) infections, n = 33,974
Sex
F 18,555 (54.6)
M
15,419 (45.4)
Age group, y
<19 197 (0.6)
20–29 622 (1.8)
30–39 1,479 (4.4)
40–49 3,341 (9.8)
50–59 7,880 (23.2)
60–69 8,961 (26.4)
>70
11,494 (33.8)
Underlying condition
Asthma 18,003 (53.0)
Bronchiectasis 14,815 (43.6)
COPD 10,969 (32.3)
Interstitial pulmonary diseases 1,832 (5.4)
Myocardial infarction 1,016 (3.0)
Congestive heart failure 3,581 (10.5)
Cerebrovascular disease 7,789 (22.9)
Cancer 7,808 (23.0)
Lung cancer 2,124 (6.3)
Stomach cancer 1,336 (3.9)
Colon cancer 975 (2.9)
Liver cancer 661 (2.0)
Prostate cancer 606 (1.8)
Breast cancer 577 (1.7)
Uterine cervical cancer 126 (0.4)
Thyroid cancer 673 (2.0)
Liver disease 15,218 (44.8)
Renal disease 1,391 (4.1)
Diabetes mellitus 11,010 (32.4)
Depressive disorder 7,857 (23.1)

*Underlying conditions are listed based on codes from the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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