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. 2020 Dec 11;7:100298. doi: 10.1016/j.ejro.2020.100298

Table 4.

Predictor values of PPFE-like lesions.

All
IPF
IP forms except for IPF and PPFE
HR 95 % CI P value HR 95 % CI P value HR 95 % CI P value
PPFE-like lesions 1.16 0.64–2.10 0.62 0.37 0.082–1.68 0.20 0.76 0.34–1.69 0.51
Craniocaudal distribution under the aortic arch 2.70 1.66–4.39 <0.001 3.44 1.73–6.84 <0.001 1.42 0.62–3.24 0.41
Inner distribution 1.08 0.60–1.92 0.81 0.54 0.08–3.85 0.54 0.92 0.36–2.33 0.85
Dorsal distribution 0.88 0.27–2.82 0.82 0.19 0.02–1.83 0.15 0.78 0.10–5.87 0.81
Outer distribution 1.48 0.46–4.76 0.51 0.32 0.03–3.05 0.32 1.75 0.23–13.1 0.59
Ventral distribution 2.51 1.33–4.71 0.004 0.75 0.17–3.35 0.70 1.62 0.64–4.13 0.31
Laterality 1.41 0.89–2.23 0.14 1.71 0.17–16.8 0.65 1.46 0.73–2.94 0.29
Air bronchogram 3.98 2.04–7.77 <0.001 3.62 0.38–34.8 0.27 3.49 1.26–9.73 0.02
Nodules 2.36 1.31–4.28 0.004 1.85 0.84–4.04 0.13 2.23 0.88–5.67 0.09
Interlobular septal thickening 1.29 0.72–2.29 0.39 1.09 0.53–2.25 0.82 1.94 0.69–5.47 0.21
Consolidation along the bronchus 1.93 1.11–3.36 0.02 1.74 0.84–3.57 0.13 1.62 0.64–4.12 0.31
Bronchiectasis around PPFE-like lesions 3.56 1.90–6.65 <0.001 4.68 1.88–11.64 0.001 3.45 1.22–9.71 0.02
Thickness 1.11 1.05–1.17 <0.001 1.10 1.02–1.20 0.02 1.12 1.01–1.23 0.03