Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with dense versus blizzard signs on radial endobronchial ultrasonography

	Dense sign (n=18)	Blizzard sign (n=29)	P value
Age (years)	70 (27–80)	70 (33–81)	0.16
Gender (female/male)	7/11	12/17	0.86
HRCT features at TBLC site			–
Consolidation	18 (100)	0
Reticulation	0	15 (51.7)
Ground-glass opacity	0	13 (44.8)
Nodules	0	1 (3.4)
Cryobiopsies per patient	3 (1–4)	3 (1–4)	0.08
Lobar location of TBLC			<0.01
Right upper lobe	2 (4.8)	11 (13.6)
Right middle lobe	4 (9.5)	1 (1.2)
Right lower lobe	14 (33.3)	50 (61.7)
Left upper lobe	7 (16.7)	0
Left lower lobe	15 (35.7)	19 (23.5)

Data are presented as medians (ranges) or numbers (percentages).

HRCT, high-resolution CT; TBLC, transbronchial lung cryobiopsy.