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. 2021 Mar 1;8:636298. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.636298

Table 2.

Chest CT findings in the patients with COVID-19.

At discharge 3 months after discharge 7 months after discharge
Total (N = 41) Fibrosis group (N = 12) Non-fibrosis group (N = 29) P-value Total (N = 41) Fibrosis group (N = 12) Non-fibrosis group (N = 29) Total (N = 41) Fibrosis group (N = 12) Non-fibrosis group (N = 29)
Opacity score 4.0 (2.0–5.0) 6.7 (5.0–9.0) 2.9 (1.0–4.8) 0.002 0.0 (0.0–2.0) 2.0 (0.0–3.0) 0.4 (0.0–0.8) 0.0 (0.0–1.0) 1.7 (0.5–3.0) 0.2 (0.0–0.3)
Volume of opacity (ml) 178.0 (41.4–422.0) 602.0 (156.0–1080.0) 183.0 (6.0–249.0) 0.009 1.4 (0.0–19.0) 51.0 (1.0–67.0) 20.0 (0.0–33.0) 0.9 (0.0–12.8) 33.0 (3.0–41.0) 5.0 (0.0–18.0)
Percentage of opacity 4.3 (1.0–12.4) 19.4 (3.5–32.5) 5.3 (0.1–8.8) 0.007 0.0 (0.0–0.5) 1.7 (0.0–1.9) 0.7 (0.0–0.8) 0.0 (0.0–0.3) 1.1 (0.0–1.6) 0.2 (0–1.0)
GGO 29 (71%) 11 (92%) 18 (62%) 0.058 11 (27%) 7 (58%) 4 (14%) 5 (12%) 4 (33%) 1 (3%)
Consolidation 19 (46%) 8 (67%) 11 (38%) 0.093 6 (15%) 4 (33%) 2 (7%) 4 (10%) 3 (25%) 1 (3%)
Crazy paving pattern 2 (5%) 1 (8%) 1 (3%) 0.509 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Air bronchogram 3 (7%) 2 (17%) 1 (3%) 0.139 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Interlobular septal thickening 28 (68%) 12 (100%) 16 (55%) 0.005 17 (41%) 12 (100%) 5 (17%) 13 (32%) 12 (100%) 1 (3%)
Irregular interface 19 (46%) 9 (75%) 10 (34%) 0.018 6 (15%) 6 (50%) 0 (0%) 5 (12%) 5 (42%) 0 (0%)
Reticular pattern 16 (39%) 12 (100%) 4 (14%) <0.001 10 (24%) 10 (83%) 0 (0%) 5 (12%) 5 (42%) 0 (0%)
Parenchymal band 30 (73%) 12 (100%) 18 (62%) 0.013 22 (54%) 12 (100%) 10 (34%) 17 (41%) 12 (100%) 5 (17%)
Traction bronchiectasis 12 (29%) 10 (83%) 2 (7%) <0.001 14 (34%) 12 (100%) 2 (7%) 12 (29%) 12 (100%) 0 (0%)

Data are median (interquartile range) or n (%). Bold values indicate p < 0.05.