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Table 2 Demographic information of subjects recruited

From: Application of neck ultrasound in the diagnosis of sarcoidosis

Category

Sarcoidosis group

Control subjects

Tuberculosis group

Malignancy group

Inflammatory group

Total subjects, n

20

23

22

23

Age, years

47.1 ± 12.7

44.1 ± 15.0

65.6 ± 10.0

57.5 ± 6.2

Gender

 Male

9 (45.0%)

9 (39.1%)

17 (77.3%)

13 (56.5%)

 Female

11 (55.0%)

14 (60.9%)

5 (22.7%)

10 (43.5%)

CXR stage 0/I/II/III/IV §

0/4/18/0/0

N/A

N/A

N/A

Biopsy (cases/needles)

 NUS FNA

20/20

23/23

22/22

23/23

 NUS CNB

17/20

23/23

22/22

20/23

EBUS-TBNA/EBB/TBLB

19/19

18/18

20/20

20/20

Surgical biopsy

3/3

0/0

2/2

0/0

  1. CXR = chest X-ray; N/A = not applicable; CXR stage: 0 = no adenopathy, no lung infiltrates; stage I = hilar & mediastinal adenopathy only; stage II = hilar & mediastinal adenopathy plus lung infiltrates; stage III = lung infiltrates only; stage IV = pulmonary fibrosis. EBUS-TBNA = endobronchialultrasound-guidedtransbronchialneedleaspiration, EBB = Endobronchialbiopsy; TBLB = transbronchiallungbiopsy