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Table 1 Summary of patientsā€™ clinical characteristics (nā€‰=ā€‰301).

From: The utility of transbronchial rebiopsy for peripheral pulmonary lesions in patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer

Variables

Rebiopsy

nĀ =ā€‰106

Initial biopsy nĀ =ā€‰195

p-value

Age, median (IQR)

64 (57ā€“69)

68 (59ā€“75)

0.001

Sex, no (%)

Ā Ā 

0.012

ā€ƒMale

41 (38.7)

105 (53.8)

Ā 

ā€ƒFemale

65 (61.3)

90 (46.2)

Ā 

Lobe, no (%)

Ā Ā 

0.077

ā€ƒUpper

42 (39.6)

101 (51.8)

Ā 

ā€ƒMiddle/Lingular

21 (19.8)

24 (12.3)

Ā 

ā€ƒLower

43 (40.6)

70 (35.9)

Ā 

Location, no (%)

Ā Ā 

0.077

ā€ƒInternal 2/3

73 (68.9)

102 (52.3)

Ā 

ā€ƒExternal 1/3

33 (31.1)

93 (47.7)

Ā 

Distance from costal pleura (mm), no (%)

0.031

ā€ƒā€‰ā‰„ā€‰10.0

47 (44.3)

62 (31.8)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰<ā€‰10.0

39 (55.7)

133 (68.2)

Ā 

Size (mm), no (%)

Ā Ā 

0.845

ā€ƒā€‰ā‰„ā€‰30.0

74 (69.8)

134 (68.7)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰<ā€‰30.0

32 (30.2)

61 (31.3)

Ā 

Morphology, no (%)

Ā Ā 

0.053

ā€ƒSolid

79 (74.5)

124 (63.6)

Ā 

ā€ƒPart-solid

27 (25.5)

71 (36.4)

Ā 

Bronchus sign, no (%)

0.166

ā€ƒPositive

94 (88.7)

182 (93.3)

Ā 

ā€ƒNegative

12 (11.3)

13 (6.7)

Ā 

ā€ƒVisibility on chest radiography, no (%)

0.229

ā€ƒVisible

100 (95.2)

171 (91.4)

Ā 

ā€ƒInvisible

6 (4.8)

24 (8.6)

Ā 
  1. IQR, interquartile range.