Endobronchial Ultrasound Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Thoracic Diseases: Much More than Mediastinal Staging

Table 1

Patient characteristics and indications for EBUS-TBNA.

Variable	N° or median (range)
Patients (total)	1891
Sex
Male	1197
Female	694
Age (years)	65 (20–92)
Indications for EBUS-TBNA
Lung cancer staging	728
Pathological diagnosis and mutational status in advanced stage lung cancer	401
Lymphadenopathy in previous malignancy	320
Diagnosis of pulmonary lesions	290
Unknown origin lymphadenopathy	152