Table 2.

Comparison of primary outcomes of EBUS-TBNA procedures

EBUS-TBNA procedure	The primary outcome	Pa value
	Specimen adequacy rate
suction–stylet vs. suction–no stylet	87.1% vs. 88.2%	0.629
suction–stylet vs. stylet–no suction	87.1% vs. 85.6%	0.728
	Diagnostic yield
suction–stylet vs. suction–no stylet	32.2% vs. 31.8%	>  0.999
suction–stylet vs. stylet–no suction	32.2% vs. 31.0%	0.711

^a: Determined by McNemar test; EBUS-TBNA Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration