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Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 5 Correlation between KL-6 serum level and total lung fibrosis score (HRCT score 5–30%) in patients group (n = 30)

From: KL-6 in adult polymyositis and dermatomyositis patients and its correlation with interstitial lung disease

Total lung fibrosis score

KL-6

 

rs

P

Total (n = 30)

0.803

 < 0.001*

Normal (n = 15)

–

–

Ground glass opacity (GGO) (n = 6)

0.372

0.099

Ground glass opacity (GGO) + traction bronchiectasis (n = 5)

0.382

0.096

Severe fibrosis (total fibrosis) (n = 4)

0.645*

0.044*

  1. HRCT High-resolution CT scan, GGOs Ground glass opacity, TB Traction bronchiectasis
  2. rs, *Spearman correlation coefficient (rho)
  3. Bold values are significant at p < 0.05
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