Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration: Relatively low sensitivity in the endosonographer population

Table 3 Univariate analysis of variables potentially associated with an endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration sensitivity > 80% for the diagnosis of solid mass lesions

	Pvalue
Number of needle passes based on ROSE or > 7 (small pancreatic lesions)	< 0.0001
Number of needle passes based on ROSE or > 7 (large pancreatic lesions)	0.0002
ROSE available	0.0017
Number of needle passes based on ROSE or > 7 (lymphadenopathy)	0.0019
High annual hospital caseload	0.0242
Routine isolation of microcores	0.0422
Method of sample preservation	0.1198
Years of EUS practice	0.6475

EUS: Endoscopic ultrasonography; ROSE: Rapid on-site cytopathological evaluation.