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Table 4 Distribution of imaging findings by adverse clinical outcomes of COVID-19

From: Can initial chest CT scan predict status and clinical outcomes of COVID-19 infection? A retrospective cohort study

Imaging findings

ICU admission

P value

Death

P value

Disease severitya

P value

Yes

No

Yes

No

Moderate

Severe

Critical

Ground glass, n (%)

 Yes

159 (97.5)

333 (92.5)

0.024

114 (94.2)

378 (94.0)

0.940

219 (90.5)

150 (96.8)

123 (97.6)

0.005

 No

4 (2.5)

27 (7.5)

 

7 (5.8)

24 (6.0)

 

23 (9.5)

5 (3.2)

3 (2.4)

 

Consolidation, n (%)

 Yes

157 (96.3)

319 (88.6)

0.004

116 (95.9)

360 (89.6)

0.033

204 (84.3)

151 (97.4)

121 (96.0)

< 0.001

 No

6 (3.7)

41 (11.4)

 

5 (4.1)

42 (10.4)

 

38 (15.7)

4 (2.6)

5 (10.6)

 

Reticular pattern, n (%)

 Yes

49 (30.1)

80 (22.2)

0.54

32 (26.4)

97 (24.1)

0.604

48 (19.8)

45 (29.0)

36 (28.6)

0.059

 No

114 (69.9)

280 (77.8)

 

89 (73.6)

305 (75.9)

 

194 (80.2)

110 (71.0)

90 (71.4)

 

Bilateral lung involvement, n (%)

 Yes

162 (99.4)

335 (93.1)

0.002

119 (98.3)

378 (94.0)

0.055

226 (93.4)

145 (93.5)

126 (100)

0.013

 No

1 (0.6)

25 (6.9)

 

2 (1.7)

24 (6.0)

 

16 (6.6)

10 (6.5)

0 (0)

 

Crazy paving, n (%)

 Yes

40 (24.5)

71 (19.7)

0.212

30 (24.8)

81 (20.1)

0.273

44 (18.2)

40 (25.8)

27 (21.4)

0.193

 No

123 (75.5)

289 (80.3)

 

91 (75.2)

321 (79.9)

 

198 (81.8)

115 (74.2)

99 (78.6)

 

Pleural effusion, n (%)

 Yes

8 (4.9)

34 (9.4)

0.077

5 (4.1)

37 (9.2)

0.072

20 (8.3)

17 (11.0)

5 (4.0)

0.098

 No

155 (95.1)

326 (90.6)

 

116 (95.9)

365 (90.8)

 

222 (91.7)

138 (89.0)

121 (96.0)

 

Lesions distribution, n (%)

 Peribronchovascular

  Yes

78 (47.9)

97 (26.9)

< 0.001

58 (47.9)

117 (29.1)

< 0.001

54 (22.3)

58 (37.4)

63 (50.0)

< 0.001

  No

85 (52.1)

263 (73.1)

 

63 (52.1)

285 (70.9)

 

188 (77.7)

97 (62.6)

63 (50.0)

 

 Peripheral

  Yes

157 (96.3)

347 (96.4)

0.968

119 (98.3)

385 (95.8)

0.184

234 (96.7)

148 (95.5)

122 (96.8)

0.781

  No

6 (3.7)

13 (3.6)

 

2 (1.7)

17 (4.2)

 

8 (3.3)

7 (4.5)

4 (3.2)

 

Number of zones involved, median (IQR)

5 (4-5)

4 (3–5)

< 0.001

5 (4–5)

4 (4–5)

0.002

4 (3–5)

5 (4-5)

5 (4–5)

< 0.001

CSS (continuous), median (IQR)

17 (11-22)

22 (18–24)

< 0.001

18 (12–22)

22 (17–24)

< 0.001

15 (10.75–20.25)

20 (15–23)

23 (18–25)

< 0.001

CSS ≥ 19, n (%)

 Yes

115 (70.6)

150 (41.7)

< 0.001

76 (62.8)

189 (47.0)

0.002

79 (32.6)

93 (60.0)

93 (73.8)

< 0.001

 No

48 (29.4)

210 (58.3)

 

45 (37.2)

213 (53.0)

 

163 (67.4)

62 (40.0)

33 (26.2)

 
  1. IQR interquartile range, CSS CT severity score
  2. aBased on the World Health Organization criteria