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Volume 24, Number 6—June 2018
Dispatch

Pulmonary Infections with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Catalonia, Spain, 1994–2014

Miguel SantinComments to Author , Irene Barrabeig, Pierre Malchair, Lucia Gonzalez-Luquero, Miguel A. Benitez, Josefina Sabria, Merce Palau-Benavent, Concepcion Cañete, Joan A. Lloret-Queraltó, Maria D. Grijota-Camino, Jordi Dorca, and Fernando Alcaide
Author affiliations: Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain (M. Santin, P. Malchair, L. Gonzalez-Luquero, M.D. Grijota-Camino, J. Dorca, F. Alcaide); University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (M. Santin, J. Dorca, F. Alcaide); Agency of Public Health of Catalonia, Barcelona (I. Barrabeig); Consorci del Laboratory Intercomarcal de l’Alt Penedès, l’Anoia i el Garraf, Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain (M.A. Benitez); Hospital Moisés Broggi, Sant Joan Despí, Spain (J. Sabria, C. Cañete); Hospital de Viladecans, Viladecans, Spain (M. Palau-Benavent, J.A. Lloret-Queraltó)

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Table 1

Poisson regression analysis of the association between prevalence rates of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolation and pulmonary disease, Barcelona-South Health Region, Catalonia, Spain, 1994–2014*

Patient age group, sex, and year
Isolation

Pulmonary disease
No. patients
aRR (95% CI)
p value
No. patients
aRR (95% CI)
p value
18–49 y 176 89
Sex
F 29 1.0 <0.0001 12 1.0 <0.0001
M 147 5.10 (3.20–8.12) 77 6.46 (3.04–13.89)
Year of isolation
176
0.95 (0.93–0.97)
<0.0001

89
0.92 (0.88–0.95)
<0.0001
50–65 y 209 89
Sex
F 49 1.0 <0.0001 20 1.0 <0.0001
M 160 3.18 (2.20–4.58) 69 3.38 (2.01–5.24)
Year of isolation
209
1.02 (0.99–1.04)
0.2

89
0.99 (0.95–1.04)
0.7
>65 y 295 79
Sex
F 73 1.0 <0.0001 25 1.0 0.001
M 222 3.09 (2.39–3.93) 54 2.15 (1.35–3.41)
Year of isolation 295 1.11 (1.09–1.13) <0.0001 79 1.0 (1.02–1.12) 0.004

*aRR, adjusted relative risk.

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