Nutritional status in female patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease and its association with disease severity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In women, slender body habitus has been reported to be one of the predisposing factors underlying the development and poor prognosis of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTM-LD). Given the lack of nutritional data contributing to treatment strategies, we aimed to clarify the nutritional status of female patients with NTM-LD and its association with disease severity.

Methods

In this single-center observational study, we enrolled 81 female outpatients with NTM-LD. Data on healthy women of similar ages were selected from our previous survey data and categorized as controls. First, we compared anthropometric and dietary survey data between patients and controls. Second, after the patients were categorized into relatively mild (mild, n = 40) and relatively se

SUBMITTER: Takayama Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9380388 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature