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Table 4 Comparison of agreement among the most experienced physicians and the other physicians in the study

From: Expert opinion of mediastinal lymph node positions from an intrabronchial view

 

>1000 EBUS-TBNAa performed

 

<1000 EBUS-TBNAa performed

  

Agreement for center point and area

Agreement for center point and area

 

n (%)

Agreement

n (%)

Agreement

pb

Lymph node station:

     

7 (left side)

9/9 (100 %)

High

23/23 (100 %)

High

NS

11R

12/13 (92.3 %)

High

26/28 (92.9 %)

High

0.95

7 (right side)

12/13 (92.3 %)

High

26/30 (86.7 %)

High

0.60

11 L

13/14 (92.9 %)

High

22/30 (73.3 %)

Intermediate

0.14

4 L

12/14 (85.7 %)

High

15/24 (62.5 %)

Low

0.13

10 L

12/13 (92.3 %)

High

13/26 (50.0 %)

Low

0.01

10R

4/8 (50.0 %)

Low

15/23 (65.2 %)

Low

0.45

4R

5/12 (41.7 %)

Low

14/28 (50.0 %)

Low

0.63

  1. The agreement was defined by the proportion with distance from average center point below 1 cm and area below 2 cm2; High if >80 %, Intermediate: 70–80 %, Low: <70 %. aEndobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration. bChi-square test