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

Table 3 Univariate and Multivariate regression analyses of factors affecting diagnostic yield.

Variables	n (%) total 301	Univariate analysis	Multivariate analysis
Variables	n (%) total 301	p-value	p-value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Rebiopsy	106 (35.2)	0.287	0.400	–
Lobe		0.041	0.176	–
Upper	143 (47.5)
Middle/lingular	90 (29.9)
Lower	68 (22.6)
Size ≥30.0 mm	208 (69.1)	0.016	0.311	–
Bronchus sign positive	276 (91.7)	< 0.001	< 0.001	132.6 (30.5–990.6)
Location in the internal 2/3 segments	175 (58.1)	0.015	0.026	4.6 (1.2–24.1)
Distance from costal pleura ≥10.0 mm	109 (36.2)	0.317	0.113	–
Visible on chest radiography	271 (90.0)	0.051	0.796	–

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