Table 2.

Participant characteristics by appropriateness of staging

	Appropriate Staging		P Value*	Total (N = 60)
	No (n = 25)	Yes (n = 35)
Level of training, n (%)
Interventional pulmonologist	1 (4.5)	21 (95.5)	<0.001	22 (36.7)
General pulmonologist	10 (55.6)	8 (44.4)		18 (30.0)
Pulmonary fellow	14 (70.0)	6 (30.0)		20 (33.3)
EBUS per year, n (%)
10–19	7 (70.0)	3 (30.0)	<0.001	10 (16.7)
20–50	16 (69.6)	7 (30.4)		23 (38.3)
51 or more	2 (7.4)	25 (92.6)		27 (45.0)
Self-confidence, n (%)
Diffident	8 (72.7)	3 (27.3)	0.039	11 (18.3)
Confident	17 (34.7)	32 (65.3)		49 (81.7)

Definition of abbreviation: EBUS = endobronchial ultrasound.

^*Fisher exact test P value.