Incidence of bronchiectasis concerning tuberculosis epidemiology and other ecological factors: A Korean National Cohort Study

Hayoung Choi; Jiin Ryu; Youlim Kim; Bumhee Yang; Bin Hwangbo; Sun-Young Kong; Yun Su Sim; Hye Yun Park; Seung Won Ra; Yeon-Mok Oh; Ji-Yong Moon; Tae-Hyung Kim; Sang-Heon Kim; Jang Won Sohn; Ho Joo Yoon; Hyun Lee

doi:10.1183/23120541.00097-2020

Incidence of bronchiectasis concerning tuberculosis epidemiology and other ecological factors: A Korean National Cohort Study

ERJ Open Res. 2020 Oct 13;6(4):00097-2020. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00097-2020. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Authors

Hayoung Choi^{1

2

3}, Jiin Ryu^{4

3}, Youlim Kim^{2

5}, Bumhee Yang⁶, Bin Hwangbo⁷, Sun-Young Kong⁸, Yun Su Sim^{1

2}, Hye Yun Park⁹, Seung Won Ra¹⁰, Yeon-Mok Oh¹¹, Ji-Yong Moon¹², Tae-Hyung Kim¹², Sang-Heon Kim¹², Jang Won Sohn¹², Ho Joo Yoon¹², Hyun Lee¹²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Dept of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
² Lung Research Institute, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
³ These two authors contributed equally to this work.
⁴ Biostatistical Consulting and Research Lab, Medical Research Collaborating Centre, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Dept of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea.
⁶ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea.
⁷ Division of Pulmonology, Center of Lung Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
⁸ Dept of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
⁹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Samsung Medical Centre, Sungkyunkwan University of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
¹⁰ Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Dept of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
¹¹ Dept of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Centre, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
¹² Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Allergy, Dept of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

In South Korea, the estimated incidences of bronchiectasis were 147-229 cases per 100000 with a decreasing trend. It may follow the concurrent decrease in the TB prevalence and incidence, and favourable personal and socioeconomic conditions. https://bit.ly/32UA8xH.