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Table 2 Concordance between the consensus diagnosis with TBLC and the diagnosis with SLB

From: Concordance between transbronchial lung cryobiopsy and surgical lung biopsy for interstitial lung disease in the same patients

Diagnostic

Step

step1P

(n = 52)

step1R

(n = 52)

step1C

(n = 52)

step2

(n = 52)

step3

(n = 52)

step4

(n = 52)

step4(H/D)

(n = 38)

Agreement

42.3%

53.8%

67.3%

65.3%

55.8%

65.4%

76.3%

kappa

0.23

0.45

0.61

0.59

0.57

0.57

0.71

95%CI

0.08–0.39

0.29–0.61

0.45–0.76

0.44–0.74

0.43–0.72

0.42–0.73

0.55–0.87

  1. Step4 (H/D): 38 cases were diagnosed with high or definite confidence in TBLC-MDD.step1P: consensus pathological diagnosis without clinical and radiological information. step1R: consensus radiological diagnosis without clinical and pathological information. Step1C: Consensus clinical diagnosis without radiological diagnosis and pathological information Step2: Consensus clinical diagnosis with radiological diagnosis and without pathological information Step3: Consensus clinical diagnosis with radiological diagnosis and bronchoalveolar lavage analysis without pathological information Step4: MDD diagnosis with full information, including pathological diagnosis