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Table 6 Relation between CT features, severity score, and oxygen saturation

From: Clinical and radiological imaging as prognostic predictors in COVID-19 patients

CT features (No)

O2 saturation

P value

>90%

≤ 90%

Bilateralism

0.007

 Unilateral (46)

43 (93.3)

3 (6.5)

 

 Bilateral (141)

106 (75.2)

35 (24.8)

 

Anteroposterior distribution

 Anterior

  Negative (70)

67 (95.7)

3 (4.3)

<0.001

  Positive (116)

81 (69.8)

35 (30.2)

 

 Posterior

  Negative (63)

42 (66.7)

21 (33.3 )

0.002

  Positive (124)

107 (86.3)

17 (13.7)

 

Axial distribution

 Hilar

  Negative (96)

90 (90.3)

6 (6.2)

<0.001

  Positive (91)

59 (64.8)

32 (35.2)

 

 Centrilobular

  Negative (53)

51 (96.2)

2 (3.8)

<0.001

  Positive (134)

98 (73.1)

36 (26.9)

 

 Pleural based

  Negative (12)

11 (91.6)

1 (8.3)

0.33

  Positive (175)

138 (78.9)

37 (21.1)

 

Lobar distribution

 Lower lobe

  Negative (19)

18 (94.7)

1 (5.3)

0.085

  Positive (168)

131 (78)

37 (22)

 

 Middle lobe

<0.001

  Negative (75)

71 (94.7)

4 (5.3)

 

  Positive (112)

78 (69.6)

34 (30.4)

 

 Upper lobe

0.004

  Negative (43)

41 (95.3)

2 (4.7)

 

  Positive (144)

108 (75)

36 (25)

 

 Apex

<0.001

  Negative (106)

98 (92.4)

8 (7.7)

 

  Positive (81)

52 (64.2)

29 (35.8)

 

CT pattern

 GGO

  Negative (10)

10 (100)

0

0.2

  Positive (177)

139 (78.5)

38 (21.5)

 

 Consolidation

  Negative (82)

71 (86.6)

11 (13.4)

0.038

  Positive (105)

78 (74.3)

27 (25.7)

 

 Crazy-paving

  Negative (121)

106 (87.6)

15 (12.4)

<0.001

  Positive (66)

43 (65.2)

23 (34.8)

 
  1. CT computed tomography, GGO ground glass opacity
  2. Date represent the number of patients with percentage in parenthesis