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Table 3 Comparisons of clinical and radiological characteristics in patients included from September 2019 to November 2019 against those included from December 2019 to February 2020

From: Emergency department CT examinations demonstrate no evidence of early viral circulation at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic—a multicentre epidemiological study

Characteristics

From September 2019 to November 2019

From December 2019 to February 2020

p-value

Age

  

0.0098*

 Mean ± SD (range)

57.4 ± 22.7 (0–99)

57.9 ± 22.7 (0–100)

 

Sex

  

0.9287

 Women

10,162/21,154 (48)

11,549/24,018 (48.1)

 

 Men

10,992/21,154 (52)

12,469/24,018 (51.9)

 

French regions initially affected by the outbreak

  

0.1607

 No

7594/21,154 (35.9)

8469/24,018 (35.3)

 

 Yes

13,560/21,154 (64.1)

15,549/24,018 (64.7)

 

GGO

  

0.3987

 Absent

20,488/21,154 (96.9)

23,227/24,018 (96.7)

 

 Present

666/21,154 (3.1)

791/24,018 (3.3)

 

Reticulations

  

0.0307*

 Absent

21,032/21,154 (99.4)

23,915/24,018 (99.6)

 

 Present

122/21,154 (0.6)

103/24,018 (0.4)

 

Subpleural abnormal finding

  

0.8290

 Absent

20,994/21,154 (99.2)

23,831/24,018 (99.2)

 

 Present

160/21,154 (0.8)

187/24,018 (0.8)

 

Bilateral abnormal finding

  

0.6602

 Absent

20,593/21,154 (97.3)

23,398/24,018 (97.4)

 

 Present

561/21,154 (2.7)

620/24,018 (2.6)

 

No. of positive text features

  

0.6393

 0 out of 4

19,898/21,154 (94.1)

22,583/24,018 (94)

 

 1 out of 4

1027/21,154 (4.9)

1199/24,018 (5)

 

 2 out of 4

206/21,154 (1)

209/24,018 (0.9)

 

 3 out of 4

22/21,154 (0.1)

24/24,018 (0.1)

 

 4 out of 4

1/21154 (0)

3/24,018 (0)

 
  1. *p < 0.05—tests are chi-square tests except for patients’ age, which corresponded to unpaired Mann–Whitney test after verifying the lack of normality
  2. Data are number of patients with percentage in parentheses, except for age
  3. Abbreviations: GGO ground glass opacity, no number, SD standard deviation