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. 2021 Oct 23;11(1):145–163. doi: 10.1007/s40121-021-00553-0

Table 3.

Residual CT abnormities of surviving HCWs

All Group (n = 256)
HCWs with mild/moderate illness (n = 98) HCWs with critical/severe illness (n = 158) p value
At least one abnormal CT pattern, n (%) 96 (37.5) 33 (33.7) 63 (39.9) 0.319
GGO, n (%) 63 (24.6) 20 (20.4) 43 (27.2) 0.219
Fibrotic-like changes, n (%) 26 (10.2) 10 (10.2) 16 (10.1) 0.984
Consolidation, n (%) 8 (3.1) 1 (1) 7 (4.4) 0.127
Parenchymal bands, n (%) 9 (3.5) 4 (4.1) 5 (3.2) 0.699
Traction bronchiectasis, n (%) 4 (1.6) 2 (2.0) 2 (1.3) 0.627
Lung architectural distortion, n (%) 18 (7.0) 8 (8.2) 10 (6.3) 0.577
Reticulation, n (%) 2 (0.8) 0 (3.5) 2 (1.3) 0.264
Subpleural cystic airspace/BULLAE, n (%) 0 0 0
Thickening of adjacent pleura, n (%) 22 (8.6) 9 (9.2) 13 (8.2) 0.791
Volume of lung lesions, median (IQR), cm3 0.03 (0.00–0.33) 0.01 (0.00–0.43) 0.05 (0.00–0.29) 0.125
Volume of solid component, median (IQR), cm3 0.01 (0.00–0.06) 0.00 (0.00–0.05) 0.01 (0.00–0.07) 0.382
Volume of GGO, median (IQR), cm3 0.01 (0.00–0.23) 0.01 (0.00–0.32) 0.01 (0.00–0.21) 0.296
Volume ratio of lung lesion to total lung, median (IQR), % 0.00 (0.00–0.01) 0.00 (0.00–0.01) 0.00 (0.00–0.01) 0.995
Volume ratio of solid component to total lung, median (IQR), % 0.00 (0.00–0.00) 0.00 (0.00–0.00) 0.00 (0.00–0.00) 0.271
Volume ratio of GGO to total lung, median (IQR), % 0.00 (0.00–0.01) 0.00 (0.00–0.01) 0.00 (0.00–0.03) 0.717
CT score, median (IQR), % 0.00 (0.00–0.00) 0.00 (0.00–0.00) 0.00 (0.00–0.00) 0.917

Data are presented as median (interquartile range, IQR) for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables. Kruskal-Wallis (K-W) test was used for continuous variables and chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test for all categorical variables

HCWs health care workers, IQR interquartile range, GGO ground-glass opacity