Table 2.
The score of CT imaging for lesion’s feature.
| Groups | N | Baseline （n/N） |
Outcome Value （n/N） |
Inter-group P value | Extra-group P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground Glass Opacity (GGO) | WM | 21 | 19/21 | 18/21 | > 0.999 | 0.709 |
| CM | 18 | 17/18 | 15/18 | > 0.999 | ||
| Consolidation | WM | 21 | 17/21 | 9/21 | 0.046 | 0.738 |
| CM | 18 | 14/18 | 8/18 | 0.041 | ||
| Mixed.GGO.and.consolidation | WM | 21 | 17/21 | 11/21 | 0.131 | 0.529 |
| CM | 18 | 11/18 | 7/18 | > 0.999 | ||
| Bronchial.wall.thickening | WM | 21 | 3/21 | 1/21 | 0.480 | 0.700 |
| CM | 18 | 3/18 | 2/18 | > 0.999 | ||
| Reticulation | WM | 21 | 12/21 | 9/21 | 0.617 | 0.695 |
| CM | 18 | 12/18 | 9/18 | > 0.999 | ||
| Subpleural.bands | WM | 21 | 16/21 | 15/21 | 0.371 | 0.005 |
| CM | 18 | 6/18 | 6/18 | 0.480 | ||
| Traction.bronchiectasis | WM | 21 | 2/21 | 1/21 | > 0.999 | 0.282 |
| CM | 18 | 0 | 0 | - |
Note. CM denotes Chinese medicine; WM Western medicine. The Chinese medicine group and the western medicine group showed severe pneumonia lesion signs. Consolidation reduced in each group (P<0.05). Subpleural bands was different between two groups (P=0.005).