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. 2021 Jul 27;80:229–238. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.06.039

Table 3.

Compilation of pooled prevalence of chest radiograph imaging findings from each study.

Meta-Analyses: Pooled Prevalence of CXR Imaging Findings (95% CI)
Reference Baseline
Lung Involvement
Consolidation Ground Glass Opacities Distribution
Zone Predominance
Pleural Effusion
Normal Abnormal Normal Turned Abnormal Right Left Bilateral Diffuse Peripheral Perihilar None Superior Basal
Arentz et al. 0.05 (0.00, 0.24) 0.95
(0.76, 1.00)
0.00
(0.00, 0.16)
0.52
(0.30, 0.74)
0.19
(0.05, 0.42)
0.48
(0.26, 0.70)
0.29
(0.11, 0.52)
Chen et al. 0.00 (0.00, 0.04) 1.00
(0.96, 1.00)
0.00
(0.00, 0.04)
0.75
(0.65, 0.83)
0.14
(0.08, 0.23)
Cozzi et al. 0.06 (0.00, 0.09) 0.94
(0.91, 0.97)
0.00
(0.00, 0.02)
0.12
(0.08, 0.17)
0.09
(0.06, 0.13)
0.69
(0.63, 0.75)
0.58
(0.51, 0.64)
0.63
(0.56, 0.69)
0.16
(0.11, 0.21)
0.58
(0.51, 0.64)
0.22
(0.17, 0.28)
0.24
(0.18, 0.29)
0.13
(0.09, 0.18)
0.59
(0.52, 0.65)
0.17
(0.12, 0.22)
Guan et al. 0.41 (0.35, 0.47) 0.59
(0.53, 0.65)
0.00
(0.00, 0.01)
0.36
(0.31, 0.43)
0.20
(0.15, 0.25)
Ippolito et al. 0.64
(0.60, 0.69)
0.52
(0.48, 0.57)
0.72
(0.67, 0.76)
0.62
(0.59, 0.67)
0.72
(0.67, 0.76)
0.12
(0.09, 0.15)
Kim et al. 0.54 (0.34, 0.72) 0.46
(0.28, 0.66)
0.00
(0.00, 0.12)
0.21
(0.08, 0.41)
Ng et al. 0.40 (0.05, 0.85) 0.60
(0.15, 0.95)
0.00
(0.00, 0.52)
0.40
(0.05, 0.85)
0.60
(0.15, 0.95)
0.40
(0.05, 0.85)
0.00
(0.00, 0.52)
0.20
(0.01, 0.72)
Russel et al. 0.58 (0.62, 0.54) 0.42
(0.38, 0.46)
0.00
(0.00, 0.01)
0.21
(0.18, 0.24)
0.05
(0.04, 0.07)
0.19
(0.16. 0.22)
0.01
(0.00, 0.02)
0.35
(0.32, 0.39)
0.07
(0.05, 0.09)
0.01
(0.00, 0.02)
0.20
(0.17, 0.23)
0.34
(0.30, 0.38)
0.00
(0.00. 0.01)
Toussie et al. 0.07
(0.04, 0.10)
0.80
(0.75, 0.84)
0.00
(0.00. 0.01)
Vancheri et al. 0.25 (0.20, 0.31) 0.75
(0.69, 0.80)
0.00
(0.00, 0.02)
0.10
(0.07, 0.15)
0.10
(0.07, 0.15)
0.55
(0.49, 0.61)
0.30
(0.24, 0.36)
0.52
(0.45, 0.58)
0.30
(0.24, 0.36)
0.37
(0.31, 0.44)
0.08
(0.05, 0.13)
0.28
(0.22, 0.34)
0.66
(0.59, 0.72)
0.05
(0.02, 0.09
Wong et al. 0.31 (0.20, 0.44) 0.69
(0.56, 0.80)
0.11
(0.05, 0.21)
0.16
(0.08, 0.27)
0.14
(0.07, 0.25)
0.50
(0.37, 0.63)
0.47
(0.34, 0.60)
0.33
(0.22, 0.46)
0.30
(0.19, 0.42)
0.41
(0.29, 0.54)
0.09
(0.04, 0.19)
30
(0.19, 0.42)
0.00
(0.00, 0.06)
0.50
(0.37, 0.63)
0.03
(0.00, 0.11)
Yoon et al. 0.44 (0.14, 0.79) 0.56
(0.21, 0.86)
0.00
(0.00, 0.34)
0.56
(0.21, 0.86)
0.56
(0.21, 0.86)
0.89
(0.52, 1.00)
0.22
(0.03, 0.60)
0.22
(0.03, 0.60)
0.67
(0.30, 0.93)
0.22
(0.03, 0.60)
0.22
(0.03, 0.60)
0.56
(0.21, 0.86)
Overall I2 98.18% 98.18% 70.54% 76.22% 91.48% 97.54% 99.03% 99.14% 97.19% 95.67% 91.07% 98.01% 92.14% 97.79% 97.41%
Overall p 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00