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.