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Table 2 Clinical and imaging manifestations of the respiratory system

From: Clinical features and markers to identify pulmonary lesions caused by infection or vasculitis in AAV patients

 

NI

n = 50

LI

n = 68

p value

Clinical manifestations (N(%))

 Weakness

33 (66.00%)

51 (75.00%)

0.179

 Chest tightness

20 (40.00%)

42 (61.76%)

0.019*

 Cough and expectoration

23 (46.00%)

49 (72.06%)

0.004*

 Hemoptysis

4 (8.00%)

19 (27.94%)

0.007*

 Fever

8 (16.00%)

36 (52.94%)

0.000*

 Edema

15 (30.00%)

26 (38.24%)

0.353

Imaging manifestations (N(%))

 Interstitial lesions

15 (30.00%)

14 (20.59%)

0.241

 Reticular lesion

15 (30.00%)

14 (20.59%)

0.241

 Honeycomb lesion

4 (8.00%)

2 (2.94%)

0.216

 Alveolar hemorrhage

1 (2.00%)

8 (11.76%)

0.048*

 Ground glass opacity

11 (22.00%)

11 (16.18%)

0.422

 Patchy/banded high-density lesions

26 (52.00%)

61 (89.71%)

0.000*

 Emphysema/bullae

16 (32.00%)

23 (33.82%)

0.835

 Bronchiectasia

4 (8.00%)

15 (22.06%)

0.040*

 Pulmonary nodule

22 (44.00%)

31 (45.59%)

0.864

 Pleural thickening

24 (48.00%)

34 (50.00%)

0.830

 Pleural effusion

10 (20.00%)

34 (50.00%)

0.001*

 Mediastinal lymphadenopathy

12 (24.00%)

33 (48.53%)

0.007*

  1. Values are expressed as number (percentage)
  2. *p < 0.05 NI group versus LI group