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. 2017 May 16;12(5):e0177689. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177689

Table 1. Median and range of T2 relaxation time (ms) for each regional and general pattern.

Pattern Location UIPc
Median[IQR]
NSIPstabled
Median [IQR]
NSIPactivee
Median [IQR]
P-value*{(UIP-NSIPstable)/ (NSIPstable-NSIPactive)}
Mild RLa 61 [60–63] 61 [59–65] 77 [75–80] {(0.87)/(<0.001)}
LLb 61 [60–66] 74 [65–77] 86 [80–96] {(0.86)/(0.04)}
ventral 62 [60–69] 71 [69–78] {/(<0.01)}
Moderate
RL 77 [73–80] 73 [70–77] 82 [75–91] {(<0.01)/(<0.0001)}
LL 77 [74–79] 81 [77–83] 100 [91–106] {(0.08)/(<0.0001)}
ventral 74 [71–77] 104 [95–106] {/(0.02)}
Advanced 85 [80–91] 82 [79–88] {(0.05)/}

aright lung

bleft lung

cusual interstitial pneumonia (mild, n = 7; moderate, n = 59; advanced, n = 130)

dstable nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (mild, n = 24; moderate, n = 45; advanced, n = 45)

eactive nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (mild, n = 71; moderate, n = 56)

*from Wilcoxon rank sum test