A Nomogram to Predict Benign/Malignant Mediastinal Lymph Nodes Based on EBUS Sonographic Features

Table 5

Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses of the training set in the whole cohort.

Characteristics	Univariate		Multivariate
	OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value
Long-axis	2.87 (2.21–3.72)	<0.001	2.33 (1.63–3.35)	<0.001
Short-axis
≤1	Reference
>1	4.73 (3.21–6.96)	<0.001	2.38 (1.3–4.35)	0.005
Long-axis/short-axis ratio
<1.5	Reference
≥1.5	0.79 (0.53–1.17)	0.239
Number of passes per node	1.12 (0.94–1.32)	0.198
Echo intensity
Hypoechoic	Reference
Hyperechoic	1.05 (0.38–2.90)	0.919
Isoechoic	0.41 (0.09–1.87)	0.250
Echogenicity
Homogeneous	Reference
Heterogeneous	5.51 (3.83–7.93)	<0.001	5.65 (3.6–8.85)	<0.001
Margin
Indistinct	Reference
Distinct	1.29 (0.84–2.00)	0.249
Blood flow
Lacking	Reference
Rich	1.89 (1.27–2.81)	0.002	1.57 (0.93–2.66)
Fusion
Absent	Reference
Present	2.02 (1.29–3.14)	0.002	0.36 (0.19–0.68)	0.002
Central hilar structure
Present	Reference
Absent	9.44 (6.46–13.78)	<0.001	15.59 (9.06–26.83)	<0.001