Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics at baseline and procedural details
| Patient number (n) | 147 | |
| Mean age (years±SD) | 56.4±13 | |
| Gender n (%) Female Male |
82 (55.8) 65 (44.2) |
|
| Smoking (Pack-years) (n=95, mean±SD) | 12.5±16.8 | |
| CCI (n) 0-2 >3 |
90 57 |
|
| FVC % predicted (Mean±SD) | 82.4±18.5 | |
| DLCO% predicted (Mean) | 59.01±18.1 | |
| Biopsy location | Right lung (n,%) | 134 (91.2) |
| Left lung (n,%) | 13 (8.8) | |
| One segment | 73 | |
| Two different segments | 69 | |
| Three different segments | 5 | |
| Mean biopsy number (n±SD) | 3.3±1 | |
| Freezing duration (seconds, min-max) | 4.8±1.2 s (4-10) | |
| Small axis diameter (mm±SD) | 2.8±0.6 | |
| Large axis diameter (mm±SD) | 6.9±2.3 | |
CCI Charlson Comorbidity index, FVC: Forced vital capacity, DLCO: Carbon monoxide diffusion capacity, cTBB: Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy, SD: standard deviation