Table 4.

Demographic characteristics and sex hormone levels compared between patients with MAC-LD and non-NTM BE

	MAC-LD (n = 20)	Non-NTM BE (n = 11)	p-value†
Age, years, median (IQR)	74 (64.25–77.75)	76 (65–78)	0.699
BMI, median (IQR)	18.98 (17.65–20.97)	19.27 (17.29–21.62)	0.984
E2, pg/mL, median (IQR)	1.79 (1.20–2.47)	11.0 (2.77–13.0)	< 0.001
DHEA-S, μg/mL, median (IQR)	51.5 (39–97)	85 (53–99)	0.145
Testosterone, ng/mL, median (IQR)	0.185 (0.152–0.255)	0.220 (0.180–0.260)	0.359

Abbreviations: MAC-LD Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease, non-NTM BE bronchiectasis without non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection, BMI body mass index, IQR interquartile range

*Chronic diseases that required medication

^†Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables