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. 2023 Nov 30;23:199. doi: 10.1186/s12880-023-01154-8

Table 3.

Radiographic features by age group

Variable (n, %) 0– < 5 years N = 40 5– < 9 years N = 29 9–18 years N = 37 Total N = 106 p-value
Density category
 Ground-glass opacity 3 (7.5%) 4 (13.8%) 19 (51.4%) 26 (24.5%)  < 0.001*
 Patchy opacity 1 (2.5%) 1 (3.5%) 2 (5.4%) 4 (3.8%) 0.832
 Peribronchial thickening 25 (62.5%) 19 (65.5%) 10 (27%) 54 (51%) 0.001*
 Reticulonodular infiltration 2 (5%) 1 (3.4%) 0 (0%) 3 (2.8%) 0.49
 Mixed 9 (22.5%) 4 (13.8%) 6 (16.2%) 19 (17.9%) 0.613
Lung involvement
 Peripheral zone 0 (0%) 2 (6.9%) 9 (24.3%) 11 (10.4%)  < 0.001*
 Perihilar zone 6 (15%) 3 (10.3%) 2 (5.4%) 11 (10.4%) 0.478
 Neither peripheral nor perihilar 34 (85%) 24 (82.8%) 26 (70.3%) 84 (79.2%) 0.242
CXR reporting (N = 106)
 Typical 5 (12.5%) 1 (3.4%) 7 (18.9%) 13 (12.3%) 0.164
 Indeterminate 35 (87.5%) 27 (93.2%) 30 (81.1%) 92 (86.8%) 0.393
 Atypical 0 (0%) 1 (3.4%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.9%) 0.274
Severity score of abnormal CXR images 0.231
 Mild (score, 1–2), n (%) 28 (70%) 23 (79.3%) 30 (81.1%) 81 (76.4%)
 Moderate (score, 3–4), n (%) 8 (20%) 6 (20.7%) 7 (18.9%) 21 (19.8%)
 Severe (score, 5–6), n (%) 4 (10%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 (3.8%)

CXR Chest radiography

* Statistical significance p-value ≤ 0.05