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Table 4 Univariate analysis of radiographic characteristics between patients with miliary tuberculosis and other diseases

From: Frequency and predictors of miliary tuberculosis in patients with miliary pulmonary nodules in South Korea: A retrospective cohort study

 

TB (n = 41)

Other diseases (n = 35)

P value

Homogeneous nodule size*

30 (73%)

17 (49%)

.028

Dominant distribution

   

   Random

37 (90%)

30 (86%)

.794

   Centrilobular

2 (5%)

2 (6%)

 

   Perilymphatic

2 (5%)

3 (9%)

 

Profusion (N/cm2)

   

   Upper

5.2 ± 2.7

3.2 ± 2.6

.002

   Middle

5.2 ± 2.6

3.1 ± 2.5

.001

   Lower

4.6 ± 2.5

2.5 ± 2.5

.001

   Overall

5.0 ± 2.4

2.9 ± 2.3

<.001

Sharp margin

30 (75%)

20 (57%)

.102

Bronchogenic spread of lesion

23 (56%)

5 (14%)

<.001

Ground-glass opacity extent

   

   None

20 (49%)

24 (69%)

.082

   0–25%

11 (27%)

10 (29%)

.866

   25–100%

10 (24%)

1 (3%)

.008

Preexisting TB lesion

5 (12%)

5 (14%)

1.000

Pleural effusion

15 (37%)

10 (29%)

.459

Mediastinal lymphadenopathy

16 (39%)

20 (57%)

.115

Consolidation

17 (42%)

16 (46%)

.709

  1. *Size of all micronodules confined to 0–4 mm
  2. Peumocconiosis (n = 1), hypersensitivity pneumonia (n = 1)
  3. Sarcoidosis (n = 2), pneumoconiosis (n = 1)