Transbronchial lung biopsy for the diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis: the severity of cystic lung destruction assessed by the modified Goddard scoring system as a predictor for establishing the diagnosis

Table 2 The probability of TBLB diagnostic positivity for LAM by level of MGS

	Probability of diagnostic positivity for LAM	95% credible interval
3 < MGS≦4	0.910	0.897–0.921
2 < MGS≦3	0.832	0.816–0.847
1 < MGS≦2	0.606	0.586–0.626
0 < MGS≦1	0.393	0.373–0.413

The data was generated by Hamiltonian Monte Carlo sampling based on data from 16 LAM patients without lymphatic congestion
95% credible interval shows the 2.5 and 97.5% percentiles of distribution
Abbreviations: LAM, lymphangioleiomyomatosis; MGS, modified Goddard score; TBLB, transbronchial lung biopsy

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