Table 3. Diagnostic yield for multidisciplinary committee review of diagnoses by biopsy technique.
| Conventional forceps | Cryoprobe | |
|---|---|---|
| N = 124 | N = 124 | |
| GROUP 1. IIPs | 12 (9.7%) | 26 (21.0%) |
| OR (Cryo/Conv) | 2.4762 | |
| [95% CI] | [1.4543–4.2160] | |
| P-value | 0.0008 | |
| GROUP 2. ILD of known cause or association | 4 (3.2%) | 20 (16.1%) |
| OR (Cryo/Conv) | 5.7692 | |
| [95% CI] | [2.3269–14.3038] | |
| P-value | 0.0002 | |
| GROUP 3. Granulomatous ILD and miscellaneous ILD | 5 (4.0%) | 9 (7.3%) |
| OR (Cryo/Conv) | 1.8626 | |
| [95% CI] | [1.0127–3.4257] | |
| P-value | 0.0454 | |
| GROUP 4. Other non-ILD diagnoses | 3 (2.4%) | 4 (3.2%) |
| OR (Cryo/Conv) | 1.3444 | |
| [95% CI] | [0.7528–2.4009] | |
| P-value | 0.3171 | |
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval (upper and lower limits in square brackets); IIP, idiopathic interstitial pneumonia; ILD, interstitial lung disease.