Table 1. Comparison of demographics and comorbidities between non-TB mycobacterial infection cohort and comparison cohort.

	Non-TB mycobacterial infection
	No (N = 15456)		Yes (N = 3864)
Variables	n	%	N	%	p-value
Sex†					0.98
Women	5816	37.63	1454	37.63
Men	9640	62.37	2410	62.37
Age, year†					0.98
<65	9388	60.74	2347	60.74
≥65	6068	39.26	1517	39.26
Mean (SD)#	55.70 (21.10)		55.73 (21.10)		0.93
Income, NTD†					<.0001
<15000	7456	48.24	2017	52.20
15000–25000	5057	32.72	1264	32.71
≥25000	2943	19.04	583	15.09
Occupation†					0.31
White collar	7467	48.31	1801	46.61
Blue collar	5890	38.11	1523	39.42
Others	2047	13.24	527	13.64
Comorbidity†
Tuberculosis	169	1.09	900	23.29	<.0001
Bronchopneumonia	128	0.83	154	3.99	<.0001
Pneumonia	511	3.31	795	20.57	<.0001
COPD	583	3.77	766	19.82	<.0001
Pneumoconiosis	70	0.45	101	2.61	<.0001
Diabetes	2505	16.21	748	19.36	<.0001
Liver cirrhosis	505	3.27	316	8.18	<.0001
Cancer	495	3.20	363	9.39	<.0001
ESRD	67	0.43	76	1.97	<.0001
Malnutrition	37	0.24	59	1.53	<.0001
HIV	3	0.02	186	4.81	<.0001

^†Chi-square test;

^#Student’s t-test.