Variable
|
Univariate analysis
|
Multivariate analysis
|
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Diagnostic yield, (%)
|
P value
|
OR (95 % CI)
|
P value
|
---|
Age, year
|
≥ 70
|
17/20 (85)
|
0.72
|
–
| |
< 70
|
23/30 (76.7)
| | | |
Sex
|
Male
|
26/32 (81.3)
|
1
|
–
| |
Female
|
14/18 (77.8)
| | | |
Lesion size, mm
|
> 30
|
25/31 (80.6)
|
1
|
1.19 (0.24–5.95)
|
0.83
|
≤ 30
|
15/19 (78.9)
| | | |
Cavity wall thickness, mm
|
> 10
|
22/27 (81.5)
|
1
|
–
| |
≤ 10
|
18/23 (78.3)
| | | |
Distance from costal pleura, mm
|
> 10
|
10/11 (90.9)
|
0.42
|
–
| |
≤ 10
|
30/39 (76.9)
| | | |
Lobar location
|
Lower
|
21/27 (77.8)
|
0.74
|
–
| |
Upper/middle
|
19/23 (82.6)
| | | |
Bronchus sign
|
Positive
|
32/41 (78.0)
|
0.67
|
0.26 (0.02–2.90)
|
0.27
|
Negative
|
8/9 (88.9)
| | | |
VBN
|
Yes
|
22/27 (81.5)
|
1
|
–
| |
No
|
18/23 (78.3)
| | | |
EBUS image
|
Within
|
24/26 (92.3)
|
0.03
|
7.04 (1.27–38.90)
|
0.03
|
Adjacent to/invisible
|
16/24 (66.7)
| | | |
- Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, EBUS endobronchial ultrasound, EBUS-GS endobronchial ultrasound with a guide sheath, OR odds ratio, VBN virtual bronchoscopic navigation