Skip to main content

Table 4 Predictors of diagnostic accuracy

From: Low-dose versus standard-dose computed tomography-guided biopsy for pulmonary nodules: a randomized controlled trial

Variables

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Odds ratio

95% CI

P value

Odds ratio

95% CI

P value

Age

1.033

0.981–1.089

0.218

   

Gender

Male

1

     

Female

0.727

0.220–2.409

0.602

   

Smoking history

1.728

0.577–5.179

0.328

   

BMI

0.991

0.845–1.162

0.909

   

Emphysema

1.786

0.592–5.390

0.303

   

Body position

Prone

1

  

1

  

Non-prone

2.983

0.961–9.259

0.059

1.906

0.531–6.839

0.323

Lesion size

1.036

0.914–1.176

0.580

   

Lung sides

Right

1

     

Left

0.705

0.227–2.183

0.544

   

Lobe

Non-upper

1

  

1

  

Upper

3.539

1.071–11.699

0.038

2.592

0.675–9.947

0.165

Lesion-pleura distance

 < 30 mm

1

     

 ≥ 30 mm

0.649

0.139–3.024

0.582

   

Needle-pleura angle

 < 50 degrees

1

     

 ≥ 50 degrees

1.834

0.229–14.687

0.568

   

Number of samples

2.321

0.778–6.929

0.131

   

Duration of procedure

1.007

0.900–1.125

0.908

   

CT protocol

Low-dose

1

     

Standard-dose

1.362

0.455–4.080

0.581

   
  1. BMI body mass index, CI confidential interval, CT computed tomography