Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study patients

Number of patients

314

Female, n (%)

114 (36.3)

Age at bronchoscopy, median (interquartile range)

64 (55–72)

  Before bronchoscopy

36.7 (0.37)

  After bronchoscopy, 6 h

37.3 (0.73)

  After bronchoscopy, 24 h

36.8 (0.38)

Fever after bronchoscopy (Temp ≥38 °C), n (%)

44 (14.0)