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Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020
Research

Costs Associated with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection, Ontario, Canada, 2001–2012

Lauren C. RamsayComments to Author , Emily Shing, John Wang, Theodore K. Marras, Jeffrey C. Kwong, Sarah K. Brode, Frances B. Jamieson, and Beate Sander
Author affiliations: University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (L.C. Ramsay, T.K. Marras, J.C. Kwong, S.K. Brode, B. Sander); University of Toronto, Toronto (L.C. Ramsay, T.K. Marras, J.C. Kwong, S.K. Brode, F.B. Jamieson, B. Sander); Public Health Ontario, Toronto (E. Shing, J. Wang, J.C. Kwong, F.B. Jamieson, B. Sander); ICES, Toronto (J. Wang, J.C. Kwong, S.K. Brode, B. Sander); West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto (S.K. Brode)

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Table 2

Baseline characteristics of exposed and unexposed persons after matching for NTM-PD and NTM-PI cohorts in study of costs associated with nontuberculous mycobacteria infection, Ontario, Canada, 2001–2012*

Characteristic Exposed persons Unexposed persons Standardized difference
NTM-PD
No. persons 7,243 21,729
Mean age, y 66.1 66.1 0
Mean propensity score 6.6 6.6 0.01
Mean CADG score 5.5 5.5 0.02
Sex
M 49.3 49.3 0
F 50.7 50.7 0
Income quintile
1 26.8 24.2 0.06
2 21.3 21.0 0.01
3 18.1 17.7 0.01
4 16.7 18.0 0.03
5 17.2 19.1 0.05
Rurality
Not rural 96.2 94.6 0.08
Rural
 3.8
 5.4
 0.08
NTM-PI
No. persons 8,393 25,179
Mean age, y 61.0 61.0 0
Mean propensity score 6.7 6.7 0.01
Mean CADG score 5.1 5.1 0.02
Sex
M 51.1 51.1 0
F 48.9 48.9 0
Income quintile
1 31.0 28.9 0.05
2 23.3 22.1 0.03
3 16.9 17.2 0.01
4 15.1 16.3 0.03
5 13.8 15.5 0.05
Rurality
Not rural 97.2 95.8 0.07
Rural 2.9 4.2 0.07

*Data are percentages unless otherwise indicated. CADG, collapsed aggregated diagnosis groups; NTM-PD, nontuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease; NTM-PI, nontuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary isolation.

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