Table 5.

The diagnostic yields of the single and combined method for different characteristics

	Diagnostic yields (95% CI)
Characteristics	PET	EBUS	PET+EBUS
Age (years)
≤65	73.7 (56.9–86.6)*	68.4 (51.3–82.5)	84.2 (68.7–94.0)
>65	81.6 (65.7–92.3)	71.1 (54.1–84.6)	89.5 (75.2–97.1)
Bronchus sign
Negative	76.2 (52.8–91.8)	33.3 (14.6–57.0)***	76.2 (52.8–91.8)
Positive	78.2 (65.0–88.2)	83.6 (71.2–92.2)	90.9 (80.0–97.0)
Probe within the PPLs
No	75.0 (53.3–90.2)	45.8 (25.6–67.2)**	79.2 (57.8–92.9)
Yes	78.8 (65.3–88.9)	80.8 (67.5–90.4)	90.4 (79.0–96.8)

Note: *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.

CI, confidence interval; PPLs, peripheral pulmonary lesions.