Table 3 Chest radiographic findings and disease progression of MERS-Cov cases by final outcome
Characteristics | Total lesions | Final outcome status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Disease outcome | p-value* | |||
Deceased | Recovered | |||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Frequency | 44 (100) | 6 (13.64) | 38 (86.36) | |
Type of lung opacity | ||||
Ground-glass opacity | 9 (20.45) | 6 (100) | 3 (7.89) | <0.001 |
Consolidation | 9 (20.45) | 6 (100) | 3 (7.89) | <0.001 |
Patchy consolidation | 3 (6.82) | 2 (33.33) | 1 (2.63) | 0.045 |
Confluent consolidation | 5 (11.36) | 4 (66.67) | 1 (2.63) | 0.001 |
Nodular | 1 (2.27) | 0 | 1 (2.63) | >0.999 |
Reticular | 1 (2.27) | 0 | 1 (2.63) | >0.999 |
Opacity central | 1 (2.27) | 1 (16.67) | 0 | 0.136 |
Opacity peripheral | 10 (22.73) | 5 (83.33) | 5 (13.16) | 0.001 |
Pleural effusion | 8 (18.2%) | 6 (100) | 2 (05.26) | <0.001 |