Table 4 Clinical characteristics and outcomes across 3 PAP cluster groups
Characteristic | Group | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G1 (N = 1689) | G2 (N = 546) | G3 (N = 1043) | G1 vs G2 | G1 vs G3 | G2 vs G3 | |
Number of Death (%) | 121 (7.16) | 47 (8.61) | 144 (13.81) | 0.308 |  < 0.001 | 0.003 |
Number of deaths attributed to the Respiratory System (%) | 61 (50.41) | 34 (72.34) | 105 (72.92) | 0.016 |  < 0.001 |  > 0.999 |
Number of deaths attributed to Respiratory failure (%) | 38 (62.30) | 22 (64.71) | 83 (79.05) | 0.091 |  < 0.001 | 0.260 |
Number of deaths attributed to Lung Infections (%) | 23 (47.70) | 12 (35.29) | 22 (20.95) | 0.470 | 0.521 | 0.169 |
Sex Male (%) | 823 (48.73) | 326 (59.71) | 726 (69.61) | 0.524 | 0.029 | 0.018 |
PAP Type: Primary (%) | 1523 (90.17) | 445 (81.50) | 935 (89.65) |  < 0.001 | 0.704 |  < 0.001 |
Frequency of alveolar lavage | 0.45 (0.45) | 0.62 (0.46) | 0.64 (0.45) | 0.008 | 0.006 | 0.910 |
Frequency of repeated lung lavage | 0.25 (0.38) | 0.40 (0.47) | 0.34 (0.45) | 0.104 | 0.367 | 0.414 |