Research Article
Outcome of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Sampling of Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy
Table 4
Diagnostic yield for histologic confirmation by needle type.
| | Total () | Trucut () [95% CI] | Aspiration () [95% CI] | value |
| | Accuracy, % () | 79.7 (55/69) | 84.8 (28/33) [67.4-100] | 75.0 (27/36) [47.5-100] | 0.310 | | Sensitivity, % () | 57.6 (19/33) | 66.7 (10/15) [64.8-100] | 50.0 (9/18) [39.9-100] | 0.335 | | Specificity, % () | 100 (36/36) | 100 (18/18) [NA] | 100 (18/18) [NA] | — | | PPV, % () | 100 (19/19) | 100 (10/10) [NA] | 100 (9/9) [NA] | — | | NPV, %, () | 78.0 (36/50) | 78.3 (18/23) [64.5-100] | 66.7 (18/27) [46.7-100] | 0.363 |
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CI: confidence interval; PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value, NA: not available.
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