Patients with MAC Lung Disease Have a Low Visceral Fat Area and Low Nutrient Intake
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of patients with MAC lung disease ().
Normal ranges
Total (mean ± SD)
Female (mean ± SD)
Male (mean ± SD)
Patient number
103
79
24
Age (years)
72.3 ± 10.9
72.7 ± 11.1
71.2 ± 10.4
0.5628
Disease duration (months)
78.5 ± 65.0
78.7 ± 62.7
77.9 ± 73.6 months
0.9562
Smoking history
0//98
0/0/79
0//19
0.0005
Current/former/never
Diabetes mellitus
9
4
5
0.0301
Emphysema
0
0.0005
Type of bacteria
M. intracellulare 59 (57%)
M. intracellulare 44 (56%)
M. intracellulare 15 (63%)
M. avium 35 (34%)
M. avium 28 (35%)
M. avium 7 (29%)
Both 9 (9%)
Both 7 (9%)
Both 2 (8%)
Radiographic features
FC dis.
26
14
12
0.0023
NB dis.
77
65
12
Number of patients treated
71
53
18
0.4649
Height (cm)
154.0 ± 8.9
150.9 ± 7.1
164.2 ± 6.3
<0.0001
Weight (kg)
46.3 ± 9.3
43.8 ± 8.1
54.8 ± 7.8
<0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)
19.4 ± 2.9
19.2 ± 2.9
20.4 ± 2.7
0.0780
Visceral fat (cm2)
41.0 ± 33.9
35.7 ± 26.6
57.5 ± 47.4
0.0111
Waist (cm)
73.3 ± 8.4
72.5 ± 8.3
75.9 ± 8.5
0.0939
WBC (/μL)
3100–8800
4968.6 ± 1559.1
4751.3 ± 1431.8
5675.0 ± 1769.1
0.0143
Lymphocytes (/μL)
837–4136
1404.9 ± 526.2
1352.8 ± 456.8
1574.4 ± 691.6
0.0807
Alb (g/dL)
4.0–5.0
4.1 ± 0.3
4.1 ± 0.3
4.1 ± 0.3
0.3883
Ch-E (IU/L)
214–466
309.8 ± 74.0
309.5 ± 72.4
310.9 ± 80.6
0.9363
T-chol (mg/dL)
128–219
186.6 ± 28.0
190.9 ± 27.6
173.0 ± 25.1
0.0080
Transferrin (mg/dL)
190–320
212.0 ± 49.6
211.7 ± 43.1
213.1 ± 67.7
0.9013
Prealbumin (mg/dL)
22.0–40.0
16.9 ± 4.5
16.4 ± 4.4
18.4 ± 4.8
0.0662
Each parameter is displayed as mean ± standard deviation, except for patient number, comorbidity, type of bacteria, radiographic features, and number of patients treated. FC dis.: fibrocavitary disease, NB dis.: nodular bronchiectatic disease, BMI: body mass index, WBC: white blood cell, Alb: albumin, Ch-E: cholinesterase, and T-chol: total cholesterol. Three with FC dis. and two with NB dis. Three with FC dis. and two with NB dis.
