Added value of a chest multidetector computed tomography scoring system in the assessment of chronic lung disease among pediatric patients

Hafez, Mona Ahmed Fouad; Singh, Chandan Kumar; Sayed, Yasmin Saied Aly; Mahmoud, Reham Osama

doi:10.1186/s43055-022-00947-1

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 4 Correlation of etiological diagnosis with CT chest components of Bhalla score

From: Added value of a chest multidetector computed tomography scoring system in the assessment of chronic lung disease among pediatric patients

Spearman's correlation		Ground-glass (GG) opacity	Severity of bronchiectasis (B)	Peribronchial thickening	Extent of bronchiectasis	Extent of mucus plugs	Abscesses or sacculation	Generalities of the bronchial division involved	No. of bubbles	Emphysema	Collapse/consolidation	Mosaic perfusion/attenuation	Fibrosis, intralobular septal	Honeycombing	Air trapping	Acinar nodule	Total CT score
Inhalation	Correlation	0.112	0.154	0.168	0.203	− 0.138	0.09	0.166	− 0.053	− 0.294	0.337*	0.012	− 0.053	0.019	0.418*	0.206	0.132
	P value	0.465	0.312	0.27	0.181	0.364	0.557	0.277	0.728	0.05	0.023*	0.936	0.728	0.899	0.004*	0.175	0.386
Inflammatory	Correlation	− 0.253	− 0.034	− 0.072	− 0.079	0.142	− 0.053	− 0.046	− 0.213	0.381*	− 0.392*	− 0.420*	− 0.213	0.054	− 0.058	− 0.178	− 0.265
	P value	0.094	0.823	0.638	0.607	0.354	0.728	0.763	0.16	0.01	0.008*	0.004*	0.16	0.724	0.704	0.243	0.079
Autoimmune	Correlation	− 0.003	0.177	0.139	0.237	0.133	0.127	0.156	0.483**	0.123	− 0.008	0.05	− 0.047	0.136	0.093	0.164	0.463**
	P value	0.983	0.245	0.362	0.116	0.385	0.407	0.305	0.001	0.421	0.958	0.746	0.759	0.372	0.544	0.282	0.001
Congenital	Correlation	− 0.244	0.394*	0.358*	0.281	0.102	− 0.11	0.239	− 0.047	− 0.154	0.036	− 0.145	− 0.047	0.136	− 0.262	0.2	− 0.097
	P value	0.107	0.007*	0.016*	0.062	0.505	0.471	0.113	0.759	0.314	0.814	0.343	0.759	0.372	0.082	0.187	0.524
ILD	Correlation	0.275	− 0.031	0.014	0.019	− 0.036	0.012	0.038	0.302*	− 0.172	− 0.043	0.650**	0.302*	− 0.148	− 0.007	0.155	0.225
	P value	0.067	0.84	0.926	0.901	0.813	0.939	0.805	0.044	0.257	0.78	0	0.044	0.332	0.962	0.308	0.137
Chronic airway disease	Correlation	− 0.018	0.216	0.231	0.157	0.123	− 0.176	0.241	− 0.075	− 0.172	0.108	− 0.232	− 0.075	0.332*	0.142	0.211	0.035
	P value	0.904	0.154	0.127	0.303	0.42	0.246	0.11	0.623	0.257	0.479	0.126	0.623	0.026	0.352	0.163	0.821
Vascular	Correlation	− 0.311*	− 0.091	− 0.144	− 0.229	− 0.105	0.478**	− 0.228	− 0.04	− 0.222	0.041	− 0.124	− 0.04	0.155	0.106	− 0.131	− 0.083
	P value	0.037	0.55	0.346	0.13	0.494	0.001**	0.133	0.793	0.143	0.788	0.418	0.793	0.308	0.488	0.389	0.586

* Correlation is significant at the P-value of 0.05 level, ** Correlation is highly significant at the P-value of 0.01 level

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