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Table 5 Logistic regression predictors of time to management decision

From: Impact of the introduction of EBUS on time to management decision, complications, and invasive modalities used to diagnose and stage lung cancer: a pragmatic pre-post study

 

OR

95 % LCI

95 % UCI

p

EBUS

1.29

0.60

2.75

0.516

Total number of inpatient visits

0.64

0.44

0.93

0.020*

Total number of outpatient visits

0.37

0.29

0.48

<0.001**

Number of invasive procedures

0.65

0.39

1.08

0.096

Total number of imaging investigations

0.81

0.72

0.91

<0.001**

NSCLC

    

 Stage II

2.22

0.79

6.27

0.130

 Stage III

3.16

1.54

6.52

0.002**

 Stage IV

4.73

2.39

9.36

<0.001**

SCLC

    

 Limited

5.93

1.51

23.27

0.011*

 Extensive

4.64

1.48 

14.61

0.009**

  1. Comparisons: Time to diagnosis less than or equal to 28 days vs greater than 28 days, EBUS compared to non-EBUS, Stage compared to NSCLC Stage I
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01