Table 3. Comparisons of initial chest CT findings between AdV and non-AdV pneumonia.
Characteristics | Total (n = 292) | AdV (n = 152) | Non-AdV (n = 140) | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dominant pattern | < 0.001 | |||
Consolidation + ground glass opacity | 144 (49.3) | 101 (66.5) | 43 (30.7) | |
Consolidation | 131 (44.9) | 42 (27.6) | 89 (63.6) | |
Ground-glass opacity | 5 (1.7) | 4 (2.6) | 1 (0.7) | |
Nodular lesions | 12 (4.1) | 5 (3.3) | 7 (5.0) | |
Distribution | < 0.001 | |||
Lobar | 141 (48.2) | 89 (58.5) | 52 (37.1) | |
Peribronchovascular | 53 (18.2) | 19 (12.5) | 34 (24.3) | |
Focal | 50 (17.1) | 24 (15.8) | 26 (18.6) | |
Patchy | 26 (8.9) | 3 (2.0) | 23 (16.4) | |
Multifocal | 18 (6.2) | 14 (9.2) | 4 (2.9) | |
Diffuse | 4 (1.4) | 3 (2.0) | 1 (0.7). | |
Mainly involved lobe | 0.005 | |||
Left lower lobe | 102 (35.0) | 63 (41.3) | 39 (28.0) | |
Right lower lobe | 63 (21.7) | 27 (17.8) | 36 (25.7) | |
Both lower lobe | 18 (6.2) | 10 (6.6) | 8 (5.7) | |
Left upper lobe | 34 (11.6) | 18 (11.8) | 16 (11.4) | |
Right upper lobe | 29 (9.9) | 19 (12.5) | 10 (7.1) | |
Both upper lobe | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.7) | - | |
Right middle lobe | 20 (6.8) | 3 (2.0) | 17 (12.1) | |
Right middle and lower lobe | 10 (3.4) | 3 (2.0) | 7 (5.0) | |
Left upper and lower lobe | 8 (2.7) | 3 (2.0) | 5 (3.6) | |
Whole lobes | 7 (2.4) | 5 (3.3) | 2 (1.4) | |
Bilateral | 104 (35.6) | 54 (35.5) | 50 (35.7) | 0.999 |
Pleural effusion | 87 (29.8) | 49 (32.2) | 38 (27.1) | 0.371 |
Data are shown as number (%).
AdV = adenovirus, CT = computed tomography.