Table 1 Clinical and radiological characteristics
Characteristics N(%) | Cryptococcosis | Non-cryptococcosis | p value | Training group | Testing group | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 89 (90.82) | 90 (85.71) | 0.502 | 132 (89.19) | 47 (88.68) | 0.549 |
Female | 9 (9.18) | 13 (12.38) | Â | 16 (10.81) | 6 (11.32) | Â | |
Age (years) | Mean ± SD | 37.1 ± 11.2 | 42.0 ± 14.5 | 0.09 | 39.6 ± 13.5 | 39.8 ± 12.6 | 0.928 |
Range | 19–77 | 20–92 |  | 19–92 | 22–77 |  | |
Cell count (cells/ÎĽl) (p50,IQR) | CD4 | 31.5 (14, 73.5) | 44 (14, 104) | 0.232 | 39 (14, 97.5) | 34 (14, 75.5) | 0.369 |
CD8 | 461.5 (240.5, 872) | 378 (222, 694) | 0.109 | 439 (226.3, 845.7) | 341 (229, 638) | 0.230 | |
CD4/8 ratio | 0.65 (0.375, 0.143) | 0.13 (0.06,0.21) | 0.01 | 0.08(0.43, 0.18) | 0.09 (0.05, 0.20) | 0.703 | |
Symptom | Fever | 63 (37.06) | 70 (38.89) | 0.402 | 93 (37.05) | 39 (22.29) | 0.985 |
Respiratory symptoms | 46 (27.06) | 57 (31.67) | Â | 76 (30.28) | 32 (18.29) | Â | |
Other symptoms | 61 (35.88) | 53 (29.44) | Â | 82 (32.67) | 104 (59.43) | Â | |
Lesions count | Single | 42 (42.86) | 48 (45.71) | 0.671 | 67 (45.27) | 23 (43.40) | 0.873 |
Multiple | 56 (57.14) | 55 (52.38) | Â | 81 (54.73) | 30 (56.60) | Â | |
Location | Right Lung | 31 (31.63) | 24 (22.86) | 0.153 | 39 (26.35) | 16 (30.19) | 0.459 |
Left lung | 38 (38.78) | 37 (35.24) | Â | 54 (36.49) | 21 (39.62) | Â | |
Bilateral Lung | 29 (29.59) | 44 (41.90) | Â | 58 (39.19) | 15 (28.30) | Â | |
Other features | Enlarged lymph node | 24 (24.49) | 49 (46.67) | 0.001 | 55 (37.16) | 18 (33.96) | 0.621 |
Pleural effusion | 34 (34.69) | 31 (29.52) | 0.430 | 56 (37.83) | 9 (16.98) | 0.008 | |