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Table 2 CT findings

From: Differentiating tracheobronchial involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis and relapsing polychondritis on chest CT: a cohort study

 

All (n=45)

GPA (n=26)

RP (n=19)

Odds ratio for GPA

P value

Airway segment involved

 Subglottic tracheaa

21/38 (55%)

18/23 (78%)

3/15 (20%)

14.40 [3.22; 85.07]

0.001

 Cervical trachea

27/45 (60%)

16/26 (62%)

11/19 (58%)

1.16 [0.34; 3.92]

0.838

 Thoracic trachea

17/45 (38%)

5/26 (19%)

12/19 (63%)

0.14 [0.03; 0.51]

0.009

 Main bronchi

21/45 (47%)

10/26 (38%)

11/19 (58%)

0.45 [0.13; 1.50]

0.278

 Lobar bronchi

20/45 (44%)

10/26 (38%)

10/19 (53%)

0.56 [0.17; 1.85]

0.430

 Distal bronchi

23/45 (51%)

12/26 (46%)

11/19 (58%)

0.62 [0.18; 2.04]

0.515

Extensive involvement

15/45 (33%)

4/26 (15%)

11/19 (58%)

0.13 [0.03; 0.50]

0.009

Airwall thickening

 Trachea

33/45 (73%)

20/26 (77%)

13/19 (68%)

1.54 [0.40; 5.96]

0.597

 Bronchi

23/45 (51%)

11/26 (42%)

12/19 (63%)

0.43 [0.12; 1.41]

0.244

 Sparing the posterior tracheal membrane

14/45 (31%)

3/26 (12%)

11/19 (58%)

0.09 [0.02; 0.39]

0.003

 Irregular

8/45 (18%)

7/26 (27%)

1/19 (5%)

6.63 [1.03; 130.49]

0.090

Airway stenosis

 Trachea

14/45 (31%)

8/26 (31%)

6/19 (32%)

0.96 [0.27; 3.56]

0.962

 Main/lobar bronchi

17/45 (38%)

7/26 (27%)

10/19 (53%)

0.33 [0.09; 1.13]

0.138

 Distal bronchi

15/45 (33%)

9/26 (35%)

6/19 (32%)

1.15 [0.33; 4.20]

0.859

Tracheal calcifications

15/45 (33%)

5/26 (19%)

10/19 (53%)

0.21 [0.05; 0.78]

0.045

Tracheobronchomalacia

10/20 (50%)

1/5 (20%)

9/15 (60%)

0.17 [0.01; 1.47]

0.148

Bronchiectasis

14/45 (31%)

9/26 (35%)

5/19 (26%)

1.48 [0.41; 5.78]

0.619

Mosaic perfusion

35/45 (78%)

18/26 (69%)

17/19 (89%)

0.26 [0.04; 1.24]

0.159

Air trapping

15/20 (75%)

3/5 (60%)

12/15 (80%)

0.38 [0.04; 3.80]

0.441

Pulmonary nodule

7/45 (16%)

6/26 (23%)

1/19 (5%)

5.40 [0.81; 107.21]

0.146

Pulmonary consolidation

5/45 (11%)

4/26 (15%)

1/19 (5%)

3.27 [0.44; 67.10]

0.352

  1. Qualitative data are presented as proportion with percentage in parentheses, and quantitative data are presented as median with interquartile range in brackets
  2. GPA granulomatosis with polyangiitis, RP relapsing polychondritis
  3. aThe subglottic trachea was out of the scanning field in 7 patients