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Table 3 Distribution and frequency of the CT pulmonary abnormalities according to the severity of symptoms

From: Chest CT in COVID-19 pneumonia: a correlation of lung abnormalities with duration and severity of symptoms

 

Mild symptoms (n = 124)

Moderate to the severe symptom (n = 88)

No CT findings

12 (5.7%)

24 (11.3%)

Positive CT findings

112 (52.8%)

64 (30.2%)

GGO only

12 (5.7%)

21 (9.9%)

Consolidation only

7 (3.3%)

5 (2.3%)

Both

56 (26.4%)

41 (19.3%)

Crazy paving

52 (24.5%)

4 (1.9%)

Reversed halo

32 (15.1%)

4 (1.9%)

Linear consolidation

22 (10.4%)

6 (2.8%)

Pleural effusion

4 (1.9%)

–

Peripheral distribution

33 (15.6%)

18 (8.5%)

Central distribution

–

–

Diffuse distribution

79 (37.3%)

46 (21.7%)

Unilateral lung affection

–

4 (1.9%)

bilateral lung affection

112 (52.8%)

60 (28.3%)

One lobe affection

–

4 (1.9%)

Two lobes affection

4 (1.9%)

3 (1.4%)

Three lobes affection

9 (4.2%)

32 (15.1%)

Four lobes affection

52 (24.5%)

13 (6.1%)

Five lobes affection

47 (22.2%)

12 (5.6%)

Total lung severity score mean ± SD

14.77 ± 5.93

9.14 ± 7.5

  1. Data are numbers of patients (percentages of the total number, 212). GGO ground-glass opacity