Selected patient characteristics and physical findings by lung auscultation
Subjects | Age (years) | Height (cm) | Weight (kg) | Smoker | Gender (F/M) | Lung auscultation | |||||
Crackles (%) | Wheezes (%) | Crackles and wheezes (%) | Reduced intensity breathing sound (%) | Vesicular breathing sounds (%) | |||||||
Healthy | 141 | 42±19 | 168±11 | 73±21 | 52 | 58/83 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 76 |
Non-COVID-19 pneumonia | 61 | 62±17* | 166±9#,* | 81±20 | 38#,* | 33/28 | 59#,* | 7#,* | 3#,* | 3 | 28#,* |
COVID-19 pneumonia | 164 | 58±12* | 170±11 | 78±28 | 32 | 77/87 | 19* | 4* | 0 | 2 | 75 |
Data are presented as n or mean±sd, unless otherwise stated. F: female; M: male. *: p<0.05 versus healthy; #: p<0.05 versus COVID-19 pneumonia.