Computed tomography-guided lung biopsy with rapid on-site evaluation for diagnosis of lung lesions: a meta-analysis

Table 2 Baseline data of the patients in these studies

Author	Groups	Patients (n)	Mean age	Gender (M/F)	Mean diameter	Mean lesion-pleura distance	Final diagnoses (malignant/benign)
Huang [16]	CT + ROSE	53	64.5 y	30/23	Not given	Not given	49/4
Huang [16]	CT alone	54	64.4 y	33/21	Not given	Not given	Not given
Li [17]	CT + ROSE	58	59.8 y	30/28	1.4 cm	4.5 cm	32/26
Li [17]	CT alone	50	59.3 y	28/22	1.3 cm	4.6 cm	28/22
Liu [18]	CT + ROSE	56	59.8 y	30/26	2.5 cm	4.4 cm	32/24
Liu [18]	CT alone	52	59.4 y	28/24	3.4 cm	4.7 cm	28/24
Peng [19]	CT + ROSE	132	57.3 y	86/46	Not given	Not given	61/71
Peng [19]	CT alone	102	56.4 y	66/36	Not given	Not given	54/48
Wang [20]	CT + ROSE	148	59.8 y	98/50	2.9 cm	4.2 cm	92/56
Wang [20]	CT alone	143	59.7 y	94/49	2.9 cm	4.0 cm	Not given
Yiminniyaze [21]	CT + ROSE	163	63 y	108/55	< / ≥ 3 cm: 36/127	Not given	157/6
Yiminniyaze [21]	CT alone	122	64.5 y	85/37	</≥ 3 cm: 23/99	Not given	113/9
Zhang [22]	CT + ROSE	138	59.9 y	79/59	11.1 cm	Not given	95/43
Zhang [22]	CT alone	150	60.1	96/54	10.9 cm	Not given	92/58

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