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Table 7 Association between Chest CT Score (> 50 and > 75%) and outcome and Intensive Care Unit stay duration

Chest-Severity Score	Ordinary hospitalization*			ICU admittance*		Death*		Total	Days in ICU°		Total
Chest-Severity Score	N	%		N	%	N	%	N	mean ± SD	median [IQR]	N
> 50%	LUL	74	35.4	81	38.8	53	25.4	208	24.4 ± 18.7	19 [10; 33]	127
	LLL	98	38.4	96	37.6	60	23.5	254	24.7 ± 18	20 [10; 33]	147
	RUL	82	37.1	79	35.7	59	26.7	220	25.3 ± 18.8	20 [10.5; 35.5]	129
	RML	65	34.6	65	34.6	57	30.3	187	25.3 ± 18	22 [11; 33.2]	114
	RLL	111	41.1	97	35.9	61	22.6	269	24.7 ± 18	20 [10.5; 33]	149
> 75%	LUL	23	24.2	43	45.3	29	30.5	95	26.1 ± 19.6	20 [11; 34]	69
	LLL	44	30.6	59	41.0	41	28.5	144	25.9 ± 18.7	22 [11.7; 33.5]	98
	RUL	28	25.9	42	38.9	38	35.2	108	29 ± 19.8	26 [14; 40]	75
	RML	22	23.4	37	39.4	35	37.2	94	25.5 ± 17.6	23 [12; 32.5]	69
	RLL	43	30.3	55	38.7	44	31.0	142	26.4 ± 19	22 [12; 36]	95

LUL left upper lobe, LLL left lower lobe, RUL right upper lobe, RML right middle lobe, RLL right lower lobe, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, ICU intensive care unit
*Chi2 test, p < 0.001; °Kruskal-Wallis test, p < 0.001

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