Table 3.

Full model of granuloma density in sarcoidosis patients in combined alveolar and bronchiolar tissue histologies (n = 185)

Parameters	β ± SE	p value
African-American race	0.40 ± 0.17	0.02
Female sex	0.18 ± 0.16	0.27
Age	−0.006 ± 0.007	0.39
Radiographic stagea
II	0.47 ± 0.17	0.005
III	0.72 ± 0.19	0.0001
Necrosis	−0.62 ± 0.25	0.01
Tissue sourceb
Bronchial only	0.42 ± 0.16	0.007
Alveolar only	0.57 ± 0.25	0.02
Biopsy typec
Endobronchial only	0.38 ± 0.32	0.22
Transbronchial only	0.03 ± 0.32	0.93

^aReferent group is stage I

^bReferent group is bronchial and alveolar tissue

^cReferent group is endobronchial and transbronchial biopsy