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. 2020 Jul 1;30(12):6797–6807. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-07022-1

Table 3.

Patients’ radiological findings

Radiological characteristics COVID-19 (n = 88) Non-COVID-19 (n = 80) Overall (n = 168) p value
Onset-CT interval (days) 5.5 (3.3, 7.8) 3.0 (1.3, 6.0) 4.0 (2.0, 7.0) < 0.001
Lobes involved 4.0 (2.0, 5.0) 2.0 (1.0, 3.0) 3.0 (1.0, 4.0) < 0.001
Segments involved 8.0 (3.3, 12.0) 3.0 (1.0, 5.0) 5.0 (2.0, 9.0) < 0.001
Pulmonary infiltration (number of segments involved, at the segmental level)
Density
  GGO 7.0 (3.0, 11.0) 2.0 (1.0, 4.0) 4.0 (1.0, 8.0) < 0.001
  Consolidation 5.0 (2.0, 10.0) 2.0 (1.0, 3.0) 3.0 (1.0, 6.8) < 0.001
Location
  Periphery 8.0 (3.3, 12.0) 2.0 (1.0, 4.0) 4.0 (2.0, 8.0) < 0.001
  Center 0.0 (0.0, 2.0) 1.0 (0.0, 2.8) 1.0 (0.0, 2.0) 0.188
Form
  Patchy 5.0 (2.0, 11.0) 2.0 (1.0, 4.0) 4.0 (1.0, 8.0) < 0.001
  Oval 0.0 (0.0, 2.0) 0.0 (0.0, 1.0) 0.0 (0.0, 1.0) 0.130
  CT score 14.0 (7.0, 24.5) 7.0 (2.0, 12.0) 9.0 (4.0, 17.0) < 0.001
Other radiological patterns (at the patient level)
Air bronchogram 54, 61.4% 32, 40.0% 86, 51.2% 0.006
Tree-in-bud sign 2, 2.3% 10, 12.5% 12, 7.1% < 0.001
Crazy-paving pattern 59, 67% 12, 15.0% 71, 42.3% < 0.001
Subpleural curvilinear line 19, 21.6% 7, 8.8% 26, 15.5% 0.022
Bronchiectasis 17, 19.3% 1, 1.3% 18, 10.7% < 0.001
Air space 6, 6.8% 2, 2.5% 8, 4.8% 0.191
Lymphadenopathy 2, 2.3% 1, 1.3% 3, 1.8% 0.618
Pleural effusion 4, 4.5% 5, 6.3% 9, 5.4% 0.625

COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, GGO, ground glass opacity