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Volume 30, Number 9—September 2024
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Mortality Rate and Cause of Death in Adults with Extrapulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection, Denmark

Andreas A. PedersenComments to Author , Victor N. Dahl, Anders Løkke, Inge K. Holden, Andreas Fløe, Rikke Ibsen, Ole Hilberg, and Isik S. Johansen
Author affiliations: University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (A.A. Pedersen, A. Løkke, I.K. Holden, O. Hilberg, I.S. Johansen); Lillebaelt Hospital, Vejle, Denmark (A.A. Pedersen, A. Løkke, R. Ibsen, O. Hilberg); Mycobacterial Centre for Research Southern Denmark, Odense (A.A. Pedersen, I.K. Holden, O. Hilberg, I.S. Johansen); Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark (A.A. Pedersen, I.K. Holden, I.S. Johansen); Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (V.N. Dahl, A. Fløe)

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Table 2

Cox hazard regression for patients with extrapulmonary NTM infection compared with matched controls adjusted for Charlson Comorbidity Index and nonproportionality over time in study of mortality and cause of death in adults, Denmark*

Category Extrapulmonary NTM versus controls
HR (95% CI)
 p value
Total
 1.34 (1.1–1.6)
 0.004
Year after diagnosis
1 2.07 (1.6–2.7)
2 1.83 (1.3–2.5)
3 1.61 (1.1–2.4)
4 1.43 (0.9–2.2)
5 1.26 (0.8–2.1)
6 1.11 (0.6–1.9)
7 0.98 (0.5–1.8)
8 0.87 (0.4–1.7)
9 0.77 (0.4–1.6)
10 0.68 (0.3–1.5)

*HR, hazard ratio for death; NTM, nontuberculosis mycobacteria.

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