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