Table 4: HRCT and BAL differences between living and deceased.
Deceased | Living | P-value | |
Reticular score | 14.9 ± 9.1 | 13.1 ± 6.1 | > 0.05 |
Honeycombing score | 12.0 ± 12.6 | 4.3 ± 6.9 | 0.02 |
Ground-glass score | 0.69 ± 2.2 | 0.96 ± 3.1 | > 0.05 |
Distortion score | 5.0 ± 3.4 | 3.5 ± 5.5 | > 0.05 |
Total fibrosis score | 32.6 ± 12.8 | 21.8 ± 21.8 | 0.03 |
Normal BAL* | 1 (11.1) | 7 (50) | > 0.05 |
Lymphocytic BAL* | 1 (11.1) | 0 (0) | > 0.05 |
Neutrophilic BAL* | 6 (66.7) | 3 (21.4) | 0.056 |
Mixed BAL* | 1 (11.1) | 4 (28.6) | > 0.05 |
Abbreviations: *: Absolute value and (%); BAL data of 23 patients. Average and standard deviation.