Table 4 Comparison between medical personnel and non-medical personnel groups, as regards lung abnormality (N = 1200)
|  | Medical personnel group (N = 600) | Non-medical personnel group (N = 600) | P value | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mild (N = 120) | Moderate (N = 233) | Severe (N = 247) | Mild (N = 358) | Moderate (N = 152) | Severe (N = 90) | ||||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
aLung abnormality | 62 | 51.66% | 59 | 25.3% | 70 | 28.3% | 184 | 51.3% | 55 | 36.1% | 13 | 14.4% | 0.7 |
Only consolidation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Ground-glass opacities mixed with consolidation | 30 | 25% | 76 | 32.6% | 92 | 37.2% | 143 | 39.9% | 66 | 43.4% | 20 | 22.2% | *0.001 |
Pleural effusion | 20 | 16.6% | 29 | 12.4% | 22 | 8.9% | 18 | 5% | 19 | 12.5% | 15 | 16.6% | 0.56 |
Emphysema | 5 | 4.1% | 34 | 14.5% | 30 | 12.1% | 13 | 3.6% | 12 | 7.8% | 23 | 25.5% | *0.001 |
Fibrosis | 3 | 2.5% | 35 | 15% | 33 | 13.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21.1% | *0.002 |