Adult Bronchiectasis in the Northern Territory of Australia: The Aboriginal and Non-aboriginal comparative study

Conclusions: There were 388 patients diagnosed to have bronchiectasis, of them 258 (66.5%) were Aboriginal Australians. Aboriginal patients were on an average 11 years younger, have higher rates of self-reported alcohol consumption(p<0.001) and smoking, higher co-occurrence with COPD(p<0.001), chronic kidney disease (p<0.001), diabetes(p<0.001), ischemic heart disease(p=0.013), rheumatic heart disease(p=0.006) in comparison to non-Aboriginal patients, in whom GORD (p=0.004) and H/O Non-tubercular Mycobacteria (p=0.013) were more common. FEV1 and FVC values are significantly lower among Aboriginal cohort. The sputum results showed Haemophilus(p<0.001), Moraxella(p=0.001) and Streptococcus(p<0.001) were common organisms in Aboriginal while Aspergillus(p<0.001) and Pseudomonas(p=0.01) were less common in comparison to non-Aboriginals.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Respiratory infections Source Type: research