Clinicoradiological Profile of Lower Lung Field Tuberculosis Cases among Young Adult and Elderly People in a Teaching Hospital of Madhya Pradesh, India

Table 2

Comparison of radiological features in two groups.

	Lower lung field tuberculosis (215)	Nonlower lung field tuberculosis (1921)	values
Right side	131 (60.9%)	714 (37.2%)	<0.001
Left side	52 (24.2%)	633 (33%)	0.009
Bilateral involvement	32 (14.9%)	574 (29.9%)	<0.001
Infiltration	93 (43.2%)	889 (46.3%)	0.399
Consolidation	122 (56.7%)	749 (39.0%)	<0.001
Cavitation	53 (24.7%)	920 (47.9%)	<0.001
Hilar lymphadenopathy	10 (4.6%)	442 (23.0%)	<0.001
Pleural effusion	5 (2.3)	384 (20.0%)	<0.001
Pneumothorax	7 (3.3%)	52 (2.7%)	0.64
Miliary tuberculosis	0 (0%)	52 (2.7%)	0.008