Descriptive statistics for demographic and other clinical risk factors for NTM infection in patients with ESRD
| With NTM diagnosis | Without NTM diagnosis | OR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Demographics | |||||
| Age at NTM, years (SD) | 62.0 (15.6) | 63.6 (14.9) | 0.99 | 0.99 to 1.00 | <0.0001 |
| Race, n (%) | |||||
| Black | 1056 (32.7) | 300 613 (28.2) | 1.27 | 1.18 to 1.37 | <0.0001 |
| Other | 228 (7.1) | 59 591 (5.6) | 1.39 | 1.21 to 1.59 | <0.0001 |
| White | 1948 (60.3) | 705 198 (66.2) | 1.00 | <0.0001 | |
| Sex, n (%) | |||||
| Female | 1280 (39.6) | 458 374 (43.0) | 0.87 | 0.81 to 0.93 | <0.0001 |
| Male | 1952 (60.4) | 607 028 (57.0) | 1.00 | <0.0001 | |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||||
| Hispanic | 435 (13.5) | 156 277 (14.7) | 0.91 | 0.82 to 1.00 | 0.0525 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2797 (86.5) | 909 125 (85.3) | 1.00 | 0.0525 | |
| First dialysis modality, n (%) | |||||
| Hemodialysis | 3178 (98.3) | 1 063 593 (99.8) | 0.10 | 0.08 to 0.13 | <0.0001 |
| Peritoneal | 54 (1.7) | 1809 (0.2) | 1.00 | <0.0001 | |
| Access type, n (%) | |||||
| Catheter | 2609 (80.7) | 863 913 (81.1) | 0.97 | 0.87 to 1.07 | 0.8506 |
| Graft | 108 (3.3) | 35 535 (3.3) | 0.98 | 0.80 to 1.21 | 0.8506 |
| AV fistula | 515 (15.9) | 165 954 (15.6) | 1.00 | 0.8506 | |
| Clinical risk factors | |||||
| Kidney transplant, n (%) | 656 (20.3) | 83 468 (7.8) | 3.00 | 2.75 to 3.27 | <0.0001 |
| HIV, n (%) | 484 (15.0) | 11 815 (1.1) | 15.71 | 14.24 to 17.33 | <0.0001 |
| Chronic lung disease, n (%) | 1667 (51.6) | 334 809 (31.4) | 2.32 | 2.17 to 2.49 | <0.0001 |
| Cancer, n (%) | 715 (22.1) | 147 232 (13.8) | 1.77 | 1.63 to 1.93 | <0.0001 |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 2205 (68.2) | 658 932 (61.9) | 1.32 | 1.23 to 1.43 | <0.0001 |
| Rheumatologic disease, n (%) | 780 (24.1) | 151 616 (14.2) | 1.92 | 1.77 to 2.08 | <0.0001 |
| Any transplant, n (%) | 877 (27.1) | 85 849 (8.1) | 4.25 | 3.93 to 4.60 | <0.0001 |
| Liver disease, n (%) | 515 (15.9) | 88 468 (8.3) | 2.09 | 1.91 to 2.30 | <0.0001 |
| Cardiovascular disease, n (%) | 2784 (86.1) | 738 163 (69.3) | 2.75 | 2.49 to 3.04 | <0.0001 |
| Mortality | |||||
| Died, n (%) | 2314 (71.6) | 684 225 (64.2) | |||
| Alive, n (%) | 918 (28.4) | 381 177 (35.8) | |||
| Time to death/Follow up, years (SD) | 2.2 (2.3) | 3 (2.6) |
AV, arteriovenous; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; NTM, non-tuberculous mycobacteria.