Table 1.

Demographic data of the 19 patients in this study

Variable	Descriptive statistics
Sex a  Male  Female	13 (68.42) 6 (31.58)
Age (years) b	66 (59-75)
Etiology a
Tuberculosis	9 (47.37)
Bronchiectasis	4 (21.05)
NTM infection	3 (15.79)
Pneumonia	1 (5.26)
Actinomycosis	1 (5.26)
Castleman’s disease	1 (5.26)
Smoking history a
Never-smoker	11 (57.89)
Ex-smoker	8 (42.11)
Current smoker	0 (0)
Hemoglobin (g/dL) b	12.6 (10.8-13.6)
Platelet (/uL) c	226,789 ± 55,778
INR b	1.02 (0.99-1.07)
SpO 2 (%) b	98 (96-100)

NTM, non-tuberculous mycobacteria; INR, international normalized ratio.

^aThe numbers in parentheses are percentages; ^b data are the median (interquartile range); ^cdata are the mean ± standard deviation.