Table 1.
Participant characteristics (N = 181)
| TBBx-only n = 45 |
CP-EBUS only and EBUS with TBBx n = 104 |
CP-EBUS, pEBUS, and TBBx n = 18 |
CP-EBUS, ENB, pEBUS, and TBBx n = 14 |
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| Demographics | ||||
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 58.5 (15.1) | 64.9 (14.9)* | 66.7 (9.0)* | 63.2 (11.0) |
| Male gender, n (%) | 17 (38) | 50 (48) | 6 (33) | 10 (71)* |
| Non-white race, n (%) | 8 (18) | 12 (12) | 1 (6) | 1 (7) |
| BMI, mean (SD) | 25.7 (5.8) | 26.5 (6.1) | 27.2 (6.3) | 25.6 (7.6) |
| Smoking status, n (%) | ||||
| Never | 10 (22) | 22 (21) | 3 (17) | 1 (7) |
| Current | 4 (9) | 18 (17) | 0 (0) | 7 (50)* |
| Former | 31 (69) | 64 (62) | 15 (83) | 6 (43) |
| Inpatient, n (%) | 24 (53) | 26 (25)* | 4 (22)* | 4 (29) |
| History of medical comorbidities, n (%) | ||||
| Asthma | 8 (18) | 7 (7) | 0 (0) | 2 (14) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | 7 (16) | 22 (21) | 5 (28) | 6 (43) |
| Sleep apnea | 2 (4) | 8 (8) | 2 (11) | 2 (14) |
| Cancer | 24 (53) | 66 (63) | 9 (50) | 6 (43) |
| Heart disease (includes MI, hypertension, hyperlipidemia) | 24 (53) | 67 (64) | 14 (78) | 10 (71) |
Demographic information and patient comorbidities for those undergoing bronchoscopic procedures in this cohort. Missing data: non-white race (n = 9), asthma (n = 1), COPD (n = 1), sleep apnea (n = 1), coronary artery disease (n = 1)
TBBx transbronchial biopsy using traditional flexible bronchoscopy, CP-EBUS convex probe endobronchial ultrasound, pEBUS peripheral EBUS; Transbronchial biopsy using pEBUS, ENB electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy
*
Significant differences at 0.05 level, referent to TBBx-only. BMI and age tested with T test and all other variables with a χ2 statistic