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. 2020 Mar 21;80(5):e7–e13. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.007

Table 3.

Chest CT imaging characteristics of 55 adult patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.

Characteristics Number (%)* Lesion (%)* P value⁎⁎
Location
 No lesion 0 (0%) / 3 (19%) / 0 (0%) 0 ..
 Unilateral lung 3 (21%) / 3 (19%) / 9 (36%) 10 (8%) / 7 (4%) / 26 (8%) 0·303
 Bilateral lungs 11 (79%) / 10 (63%) / 16 (64%) 121 (92%) /154 (96%) / 296 (92%) ..
Lung lobe involvement
 No lesion 0 (0%) / 3 (19%) / 0 (0%) 0 ..
 One lobe 1 (7%) / 2 (13%) / 8 (32%) 3 (2%) / 2 (1%) / 14 (4%) 0·149
 Two lobes 3 (21%) / 1 (6%) / 2 (8%) 10 (8%) / 5 (3%) /24 (7%) 0·144
 Three lobes 4 (29%) / 2 (13%) / 4 (16%) 33 (25%) / 16 (10%) / 27 (8%) < 0·001
 Four lobes 1 (7%) / 2 (13%) / 1 (4%) 4 (3%) / 23 (14%) / 9 (3%) < 0·001
 Five lobes 5 (36%) / 6 (38%) / 10 (40%) 81 (62%) / 115 (71%) / 248 (77%) 0·004
Predominant distribution
 Peripheral 14 (100%) / 16 (100%) /24 (96%) 100 (76%) / 135 (84%) / 253 (79%) 0·241
 Central 0 (0%) / 0 (0%) /1 (4%) 31 (24%) / 26 (16%) / 69 (21%) ..
Main presence of lesions
 Pure GGO 13 (93%) / 12 (75%) / 18 (72%) 94 (72%) / 91 (57%) / 168 (52%) 0·001
 GGO with consolidation 11 (79%) / 7 (44%) / 15 (60%) 25 (19%) / 30 (19%) / 95 (30%) 0·009
 GGO with reticulation 10 (71%) /6 (38%) / 4 (16%) 24 (18%) / 9 (26%) /16 (5%) < 0·001
 Consolidation 3 (21%) / 8 (50%) / 14 (56%) 12 (9%) / 40 (25%) / 58 (18%) 0·002
Other findings
 Pleural effusion 1 (7%) / 6 (38%) / 6 (24%) 0 ..
 Lymphadenopathy 0 (0%) / 0 (0%) / 0 (0%) 0 ..

GGO, ground-glass opacity.

Data are shown with the percentage in parentheses and the data are demonstrated in the order of non-pregnant adults group, laboratory-confirmed pregnant women group, and clinically-diagnosed pregnant women group.

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Differences of Chest CT imaging characteristics for lesions among the non-pregnant adults, laboratory-confirmed pregnant women, and clinically-diagnosed pregnant women groups.