Table 5.

Features associated with diagnostic complication (complication category)

	Respiratory Complication		Cardiac Complication		Infectious Complication
Variable	OR (95%CI)	P-value	OR (95%CI)	P-value	OR (95%CI)	P-value
Age (per year)	1.02 (1.00 – 1.04)	0.09	1.05 (1.02 – 1.09)	0.004	1.04 (1.00 – 1.08)	0.052
Sex (male)	0.90 (0.72 – 1.17)	0.39	1.63 (1.13 – 2.35)	0.01	2.38 (1.52 – 3.60)	<0.001
Pack Years	1.00 (1.00 – 1.01)	0.55	1.00 (1.00 – 1.01)	0.45	1.00 (1.00 – 1.01)	0.42
Current Smoker	1.56 (1.25 – 1.94)	<0.001	1.15 (0.82 – 1.61)	0.41	1.51 (1.05 – 2.19)	0.03
Diabetes	0.47 (0.28 – 0.79)	0.004	0.50 (0.22 – 1.10)	0.08	0.27 (0.08 – 0.86)	0.03
History of MI	1.27 (0.93 – 1.74)	0.13	1.26 (0.80 – 1.98)	0.32	0.81 (0.47 – 1.40)	0.45
History of Stroke	1.09 (0.64 – 1.87)	0.76	0.47 (0.17 – 1.35)	0.16	0.98 (0.40 – 2.39)	0.97
COPD	1.31 (1.003 – 1.71)	0.0475	0.98 (0.64 – 1.50)	0.92	1.58 (1.03 – 2.41)	0.04
Procedure
Surgical Bx	6.29 (4.83 – 8.21)	<0.001	9.05 (5.63 – 14.52)	<0.001	6.17 (3.82 – 9.95)	<0.001
Needle Bx	2.16 (1.73 – 2.69)	<0.001	1.14 (0.82 – 1.58)	0.44	1.37 (0.96 – 1.96)	0.09
Mediastinoscopy	1.07 (0.80 – 1.43)	0.66	1.39 (0.94 – 2.05)	0.10	1.86 (1.22 – 2.77)	0.003
Other Procedure	1.28 (0.96 – 1.71)	0.09	1.73 (1.02 – 2.93)	0.04	1.96 (1.10 – 3.51)	0.02

^*Multivariate model inclusive to all listed variables

^**Bronchoscopy is the reference procedure.

OR=Odds Ratio

CI=Confidence Interval