TABLE 3.

CT scores of patients in each lung lobe.

		Early stage	Progressive and peak stage	Absorption stage
Right upper lobe	Delta Variant	0.5 ± 0.5 (0–2)	0.8 ± 0.6 (0–3)	0.7 ± 0.7 (0–3)
	Original COVID-19	0.8 ± 0.7 (0–1)	1.0 ± 0.4 (0–2)	0.6 ± 0.6 (0–2)
Right middle lobe	Delta Variant	0.5 ± 0.5 (0–2)	0.8 ± 0.7 (0–4)	0.6 ± 0.7 (0–4)*
	Original COVID-19	0.5 ± 0.5 (0–1)	0.8 ± 0.7 (0–2)	0.3 ± 0.4 (0–1)*
Right lower lobe	Delta Variant	0.8 ± 0.6 (0–2)*	1.2 ± 0.9 (0–4)	0.9 ± 0.8 (0–4)
	Original COVID-19	1.3 ± 0.6 (0–2)*	1.4 ± 0.5 (1–2)	0.8 ± 0.7 (0–3)
Left upper lobe	Delta Variant	0.7 ± 0.4 (0–2)	1.0 ± 0.7 (0–4)	0.9 ± 0.8 (0–4)*
	Original COVID-19	0.6 ± 0.5 (0–1)	0.6 ± 0.4 (0–1)	0.5 ± 0.5 (0–2)*
Left lower lobe	Delta Variant	1.2 ± 0.8 (0–4)	1.4 ± 0.8 (0–4)	1.2 ± 0.9 (0–4)
	Original COVID-19	1.4 ± 0.5 (1–2)	1.3 ± 0.6 (0–2)	1.1 ± 0.7 (0–4)

Data are means ± standard deviations, with ranges in parentheses.

*Represents significant difference obtained by Mann–Whitney U test (p < 0.05).