Clinical, physiological, and radiological different phenotypes of COPD patients

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Table 2 Frequency of COPD clinical phenotypes among the diverse radiological phenotypes in the study group

Clinical phenotypes	Patients with COPD with CT scan data (n = 50), n (%)					P value^*
Clinical phenotypes	Mild CLE n = 29	Moderate CLE n = 8	CON n = 5	ADE n = 5	PSE n = 3	P value^*
ACOS	3 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0.654
AE	18 (51.4)	7(20.0)	5 (14.3)	3 (8.6)	2 (5.7)
NON-AE	8 (66.7)	1 (8.3)	0 (0.0)	2 (16.7)	1 (8.3)

Row percent was used ^* Pearson Monte Carlo test
ACOS Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome phenotype, AE exacerbator phenotype, NON-AE non-exacerbator phenotype, CLE centrilobular emphysema, ADE advanced destructive emphysema, CON confluent emphysema, PSE paraseptal emphysema