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Table 3 Characteristics of follow-up time

From: The cost of Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease in Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom: a nationally representative observational study

 

Number patients = 157

Duration of follow-up, symptom onset to end of study period - n (%)

 Less than one year

20

(12.7)

 Greater than or equal to one year; less than two years

56

(35.7)

 Two years or more

80

(51.0)

Duration of observation during two year resource collection period - n (%)

 Duration of observation

  

  Less than one year

20

(12.7)

  Greater than or equal to one year; less than two years

62

(39.5)

  Exactly two years

75

(47.8)

 Reasons for truncated observation period

  

  Symptom onset after start of collection period

75

(47.8)

  Died prior to end of collection perioda

14

(8.9)

Duration of follow-up, in years – mean (standard deviation)

 Time from symptom onset to initial diagnosis of NTMLD

0.4

(0.6)

 Time from initial diagnosis to end of study period or death

2.1

(1.7)

 Time from initial diagnosis to treatment start

0.3

(0.7)

 Observation time during prior 24-month study period

1.7

(0.4)

Duration of follow-up, in years – median (range)

 Time from symptom onset to initial diagnosis of NTMLD

0.3

(0–5)

 Time from initial diagnosis to end of study period or death

1.6

(0–13)

 Time from initial diagnosis to treatment start

0.1

(0–6)

 Observation time during prior 24-month study period

1.9

(0–2)

  1. aand death date was known. Abbreviations: NTMLD nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease