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Table 2 Comparison of high-resolution computed tomography findings among the patients with polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis

From: Incidence and impact of interstitial lung disease and malignancy in patients with polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis: a retrospective cohort study

 

PM-ILD (N = 11)

DM-ILD (N = 11)

CADM-ILD (N = 15)

p-value (adjusted by Holm method)

PM vs DM

PM vs CADM

DM vs CADM

Distribution

      

  Upper lobe dominant

0

1 (9 %)

0

1.00

1.00

1.00

  Lower lobe dominant

11 (100 %)

11 (100 %)

15 (100 %)

-

-

-

  Peri-bronchovascular

9 (82 %)

5 (45 %)

6 (40 %)

0.370

0.150

1.00

  Subpleural

2 (18 %)

7 (64 %)

11 (73 %)

0.161

0.0460

0.683

Shadow

      

  Consolidatiuon

7 (64 %)

4 (36 %)

7 (47 %)

1.00

1.00

1.00

  Ground glass opacity

1 (9 %)

3 (27 %)

3 (20 %)

1.00

1.00

1.00

  Reticular shadow

3 (27 %)

5 (45 %)

2 (13 %)

1.00

1.00

0.280

  Irregular linear opacity

0

0

4 (27 %)

1.00

0.340

0.340

  Tractionbronchiectasis

9 (82 %)

7 (64 %)

10 (67 %)

1.00

1.00

1.00

  Cyst

0

1 (9 %)

1 (7 %)

1.00

1.00

1.00

  Subpleural curve linear shadow

4 (36 %)

7 (64 %)

7 (47 %)

1.00

1.00

1.00

  Interlobular septa thickening

1 (9 %)

2 (18 %)

4 (27 %)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Others

      

  Emphysema

2 (18 %)

1 (9 %)

2 (13 %)

1.00

1.00

1.00

  Volume loss

9 (82 %)

6 (55 %)

13 (87 %)

0.720

1.00

0.280

  1. Categorical data are presented as numbers (percentages) and were analyzed by Fisher’s exact test, adjusted by the Holm method