Volume 15, Number 10—October 2009
Research
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria–associated Lung Disease in Hospitalized Persons, United States, 1998–2005
Megan E. Billinger, Kenneth N. Olivier, Cecile Viboud, Ruben Montes de Oca, Claudia Steiner, Steven M. Holland, and D. Rebecca Prevots
Table 1
Results of Poisson regression modeling for trends in pulmonary NTM, HCUP-SID, USA, 1998–2005*
| Group | Sex | Annual % change | Wald 95% CI | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | ||||
| California | M | –1.5 | –4.0–1.3 | 0.24 |
| F | –1.5 | –3.3–0.3 | 0.10 | |
| New York | M | –2.7 | –5.9–0.54 | 0.10 |
| F | 4.5 | 1.1–8.2 | 0.0097 | |
| Florida | M | 3.2 | 0.76–5.7 | 0.010 |
| F |
6.3 |
3.1–9.9 |
0.00010 |
|
| Age group, y | ||||
| 50–59 | M | –2.7 | –4.8 to –0.61 | 0.0118 |
| F | 0.14 | –1.4–1.7 | 0.8629 | |
| 60–69 | M | –1.5 | –3.1–0.01 | 0.0490 |
| F | 4.6 | 1.2–8.0 | 0.0069 | |
| 70–79 | M | 5.3 | 2.5–8.2 | 0.0001 |
| F | 5.5 | 2.9–8.2 | <0.0001 | |
| >80 | M | 0.65 | –3.0–4.4 | 0.7327 |
| F | 2.5 | –0.62–5.7 | 0.1177 |
*NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria; HCUP, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project; SID, state inpatient databases; CI, confidence interval. The scaled Pearson χ2 (value/df) was 1 for all items.
