title: Patients with MAC Lung Disease Have a Low Visceral Fat Area and Low Nutrient Intake.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to examine the nutritional status and nutrient intake of patients with MAC lung disease with a focus on visceral fat area.
  
  
  METHODS
  Among 116 patients of our hospital with nontuberculous mycobacteriosis who were registered between May 2010 and August 2011, 103 patients with MAC lung disease were included in this study. In all patients, nutritional status and nutrient intake were prospectively examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients were 23 men and 80 women (mean age, 72.3±10.9 years). BMI (kg/m2) at the time of registration was 20.4±2.7 in men and 19.2±2.9 in women. Visceral fat area (cm2) was significantly lower in women (35.7±26.6) than in men (57.5±47.4) (p=0.0111). The comparison with general healthy adults according to age revealed a markedly reduced visceral fat area among patients with MAC lung disease. With respect to nutrient intake, energy adequacy (86.1±15.7%), protein adequacy (82.4±18.2%), lipid adequacy (78.1±21.8%), and carbohydrate adequacy (89.6±19.2%) ratios were all low at the time of registration. BMI was significantly correlated with protein adequacy (p=0.0397) and lipid adequacy (p=0.0214) ratios, while no association was found between visceral fat area and nutrient intake.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with MAC lung disease had a low visceral fat area and low nutrient intake.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, 1044-1 Tachibana, Omuta 837-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Kentaro
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authors.lastname: Wakamatsu
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuhiko
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authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, 1044-1 Tachibana, Omuta 837-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Sanae
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authors.lastname: Maki
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisamitsu
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authors.lastname: Omori
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, 1044-1 Tachibana, Omuta 837-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kumazoe
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, National Hospital Organization Omuta National Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Kayoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, 1044-1 Tachibana, Omuta 837-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuko
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authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, 1044-1 Tachibana, Omuta 837-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Makiko
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authors.lastname: Hara
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, 1044-1 Tachibana, Omuta 837-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
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authors.lastname: Takakura
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, 1044-1 Tachibana, Omuta 837-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Nagisa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fukumoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, 1044-1 Tachibana, Omuta 837-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuhisa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, 1044-1 Tachibana, Omuta 837-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Mami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morishige
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, 1044-1 Tachibana, Omuta 837-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
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authors.lastname: Akasaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, 1044-1 Tachibana, Omuta 837-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Inoshima
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, 1044-1 Tachibana, Omuta 837-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ise
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, 1044-1 Tachibana, Omuta 837-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Miiru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, 1044-1 Tachibana, Omuta 837-0911, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayuki
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mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat / Q000502:physiology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000502:physiology*