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ArticlePloS one2023

Incidence and associated risk factors of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in patients with depression.

Woo Kyung Ryu, Jakyung Lee, Youngmok Park, Inkyung Jung, Young Ae Kang

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Article in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  1. Respiratory disease in people with major depressive disorder: A systematic review and Meta-analysis.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Woo Kyung RyuDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jakyung LeeDepartment of Biostatistics and Computing, Yonsei University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea.
Youngmok ParkDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Inkyung JungDivision of Biostatistics, Department of Biomedical Systems Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-3780-3213
Young Ae KangDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-7783-5271
Yonsei University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIt has been reported that the risk of mental health problems such as anxiety or depression increases in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection. However, no studies have investigated whether the incidence of NTM infection increases in patients with depression. This study aimed to investigate the incidence of NTM infection in patients with depression and evaluate the association between NTM infection and depression stratified by age and sex.

methodsData from 2002 to 2013 were collected from patients aged ≥ 20 years in the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort database. Patients with and without depression aged over 20 years were matched with 1 to 4 by sex, age, and year of diagnosis. The incidence rate was calculated in 100,000 person-years, and a multivariable subdistribution hazard model was used to evaluate the adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) for the development of NTM infection.

resultsWe included 37,554 individuals (12,752 men and 24,802 women) and 149,213 controls in the depression and non-depression groups, respectively. The cumulative incidence of NTM infection did not differ significantly between the depression and non-depression groups during the follow-up period (22.2 vs. 24.5 per 100,000 person-years, p = 0.571). The age- and sex-stratified effects on the incidence of NTM infection were not significantly higher in patients with depression than in those without depression. After adjusting for covariates including age, sex, comorbidity, income, and region, the risk of NTM infection did not significantly differ between the depression and non-depression groups (aHR 0.83, 95% confidence interval 0.58-1.17).

conclusionThe incidence of NTM infections in patients with depression was not significantly higher than that in patients without depression. However, due to the small number of NTM infections, we might have underestimated the differences between the two groups. Further studies are needed to identify factors associated with NTM pulmonary disease in patients with depression.

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Mycobacterium Infections, NontuberculousPatientsAdultAnxietyAnxiety DisordersFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleRisk Factors

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