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. 2023 Nov 28;9(12):e22873. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22873

Table 4.

Chest CT features of patients infected with different viral strains.

Wild-type (n = 247) Alpha (n = 13) Beta (n = 18) Delta (n = 35) Omicron (n = 119) P- value
Involved lobes of pulmonary lesions at admission <0.001
Uninvolved 17(6.9) 0 2(11.1) 7(20.0) 82(68.9)
Involved 1 lung lobe 16(6.5) 2(15.4) 4(22.2) 11(31.4) 6(5.0)
Involved 2 lung lobes 34(13.8) 5(38.5) 6(33.3) 5(14.3) 17(14.3)
Involved ≥3 lobes 180(72.9) 6(46.2) 6(33.3) 12(34.3) 14(11.8)
Distribution of pulmonary lesions <0.001
None 17(6.9) 0 2(11.1) 7(20.0) 82(68.9)
Only subpleural distribution 15(6.1) 1(7.7) 5(27.8) 2(5.7) 4(3.4)
Only tracheal vascular bundle distribution 3(1.2) 3(23.1) 5(27.8) 16(45.7) 29(24.4)
Distribution of subpleural and tracheal vascular bundles 212(85.8) 9(69.2) 6(33.3) 10(28.6) 4(3.4)
Morphology of lesions <0.001
None 17(6.8) 0 2(11.1) 7(20.0) 82(68.9)
Ground-glass image 33(13.4) 3(23.1) 4(22.2) 3(8.6) 5(4.2)
Consolidation 97(39.3) 7(53.8) 9(50.0) 20(57.1) 30(25.2)
Ground-glass image with consolidation 94(38.1) 3(23.1) 3(16.7) 5(14.3) 1(0.8)
Pleural effusion with consolidation 5(2.0) 0 0 0 1(0.8)
Ground-glass shadow with pleural effusion 1(0.4) 0 0 0 0

All data are presented as n (%).