Table 6 Comparison between medical personnel and non-medical personnel groups, as regards distribution of lobar lung involvement (N = 1200)
Lobar involvement | Medical personnel group (N = 600) | Non-medical personnel group (N = 600) | P value | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mild | Moderate | Severe | Mild | Moderate | Severe | ||||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Rt upper lobe | 11 | 9.1% | 28 | 12% | 10 | 4% | 26 | 7.2% | 11 | 7.2% | 4 | 4.4% | 0.7 NS |
Rt middle lobe | 9 | 7.5% | 8 | 3.4% | 2 | 0.8% | 9 | 2.5% | 2 | 1.3% | 4 | 4.4% | 0.6 NS |
Rt lower lobe | 28 | 23.3% | 40 | 33.3% | 23 | 9.3% | 76 | 21.2% | 19 | 12.5% | 10 | 11.1% | *0.001 |
Lt upper lobe | 24 | 20% | 25 | 10.7% | 15 | 6% | 99 | 27.6% | 24 | 15.7% | 3 | 3.3% | 0.9 NS |
Lt lower lobe | 30 | 25% | 34 | 14.5% | 34 | 13.7% | 105 | 29.3% | 33 | 21.7% | 9 | 10% | *0.002 |