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Table 3 Chest X-ray and CT findings

From: Comparison of the clinical characteristics in parents and their children in a series of family clustered Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections

Variables

Parentsa (n = 57)

Childrena (n = 55)

χ2 value

p value

Bronchial wall thickening, n (%)

23 (40.4)

44/50 (88)

25.835

 < .001

Patchy opacities, n (%)

47 (82.5)

44/50 (88)

0.644

0.442

Ground-glass opacity, n (%)

9 (15.8)

3/50 (6)

2.564

0.109

Consolidation, n (%)

6 (10.5)

11/50 (22)

2.624

0.105

Unilateral infiltration, n (%)

34 (59.6)

15/52 (28.8)

10.427

0.001

Bilateral infiltration, n (%)

17 (29.8)

31/52 (59.6)

9.793

0.002

Pleural effusion, n (%)

3 (5.3)

3/52 (5.8)

0.00

1.00

  1. Data are presented as number (%)
  2. aAll % calculated for 57 or 55 patients, respectively, unless stated otherwise. In case % were calculated for less than the maximal number of patients, data for some patients were missing and the actual denominator is displayed
  3. Abbreviations NA Not available