Yonsei University College of Medicine Researchers Provide New Study Findings on Information Technology [Comorbidities of nontuberculous mycobacteria infection in Korean adults: results from the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample …]: Information Technology

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2022 AUG 05 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Information Technology Business Daily -- Investigators publish new report on information technology. According to news originating from Yonsei University College of Medicine by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “The global prevalence and incidence of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection are increasing. However, the prevalence of NTM infection-associated comorbidities remains understudied.”

Funders for this research include Korea Health Industry Development Institute.

The news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Yonsei University College of Medicine: “Thus, we investigated the comorbidities associated with NTM infection using the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC) 2.0 database of the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS). In this case-control study, patients with NTM infection and controls aged 20-89 years of age were matched 1:4 by sex, age, region, and income. A total of 26 comorbidities were selected based on previous reports and claims data analysis. The distribution of comorbidities was compared between patients with NTM infection and controls by sex and age using logistic regression analysis. In total, 893 patients (379 men and 514 women) with NTM infection (mean age, 56.1 years) and 3,572 controls (mean age, 55.6 years) were included. The odds ratio for prevalence of respiratory diseases, metabolic diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, gastrointestinal diseases, skin diseases, mental diseases, and neoplasms was significantly higher in patients with NTM infection than in the control group. Among comorbid diseases, the odds ratios (ORs) for the prevalence of the respiratory diseases such as bronchiectasis (OR [95% confidence interval (CI)]: 26.79 [19.69-36.45]) and interstitial pneumonitis (OR [95% CI]: 15.10 [7.15-31.89]) were the highest. No significant differences were observed in NTM infection-related comorbidities between men and women. In the younger age group (20-39 years old), the prevalence of respiratory and systemic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes was higher in the patient group than in the control group.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “NTM infection is associated with several respiratory and systemic diseases that should be considered when providing medical care to patients with NTM infection.”

For more information on this research see: Comorbidities of nontuberculous mycobacteria infection in Korean adults: results from the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC) database. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022,22(1):1-13. (BMC Pulmonary Medicine - http://bmcpulmmed.biomedcentral.com). The publisher for BMC Pulmonary Medicine is BMC.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-02075-y.

Our news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Seung Won Lee, Institute of Immunology and Immunological Disease, Yonsei University College of Medicine. Additional authors for this research include Youngmok Park, Sol Kim, Eun Ki Chung, Young Ae Kang.