Research Article

Incidental Paratracheal Air Cysts on Thoracic CT and Their Association with Chronic Inflammatory Lung Disease

Table 1

The prevalence of PACs by decades of life.

Decade of lifeNumber of subjectsNumber of PACsPrevalence (%)

0~198222.4
20~2911332.65
30~3926551.88
40~49654355.35
50~591081746.84
60~691034949.09
70~79828536.4
80~89452419.07
90~1096446.25
Total45733116.8

PACs = paratracheal air cysts.