Volume 30, Number 3—March 2024
Research
Geographic Variation and Environmental Predictors of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Laboratory Surveillance, Virginia, USA, 2021–20231
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of case-patients with MAC and Mycobacterium abscessus, by isolate, Virginia, USA, 2021–2023*
Variable | All | MAC isolates | M. abscessus isolates | p value† |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total |
864 |
714 |
150 |
|
Age, median, y (IQR) |
69 (51–87) |
69 (52–86) |
64 (35–97) |
<0.001 |
Age group, y |
||||
0–18 |
18 (2.1) |
14 (2.0) |
4 (2.7) |
|
18–64 |
312 (36.1) |
240 (33.6) |
72 (48.8) |
|
≥65 |
534 (61.8) |
460 (64.4) |
74 (49.3) |
|
Sex |
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F |
497 (57.5) |
412 (57.7) |
85 (56.7) |
0.934 |
M | 366 (42.4) | 302 (42.3) | 65 (42.7) |
*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. MAC, Mycobacterium avium complex; IQR, interquartile range †p values given for differences in median age and differences in sex distribution between MAC isolates by Mann-Whitney U and M. abscessus by χ2 tests.
1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the Union-North America Region (NAR) conference, February 22–25, 2023, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.