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Table 3 Balance of covariates before and after propensity score matching

From: Outcomes of early post-discharge cardio-geriatric care in frail patients after acute heart failure: a before-and-after study

Covariate

Means/Proportion CG (BM, n = 175)

Means/Proportion UC (BM, n = 175)

Std. Mean Diff. (BM)

Means/Proportion CG (AM, n = 175)

Means/Proportion UC (AM, n = 175)

Std. Mean Diff. (AM)

Variance Ratio (AM)

Age

86.6529

86.1239

0.0876

86.6529

86.1955

0.0757

0.7640

Male sex

0.5829

0.5451

0.0766

0.5829

0.5771

0.0116

-

Female sex

0.4171

0.4549

− 0.0766

0.4171

0.4229

0.0116

-

ADL

3.6400

3.3082

0.1460

3.6400

3.5657

0.0327

1.0581

IADL

2.9086

2.5304

0.1295

2.9086

2.7600

0.0509

1.0884

SPMSQ

2.9314

3.6541

− 0.2676

2.9314

3.1886

0.0952

0.9382

CFS

4.9200

5.2013

− 0.1710

4.9200

4.9486

0.0174

0.6111

CIRS

3.3314

5.2096

− 1.3008

3.3314

3.4171

0.0594

0.7776

HFrEF

0.2457

0.2222

0.0546

0.2457

0.2629

0.0398

-

BNP

830.0114

895.3941

− 0.0700

830.0114

836.3371

0.0068

1.255

  1. Abbreviations: UC Usual Care, CG Cardio-Geriatric, BM Before Matching, AM After Matching, ADL Activities of Daily Living, IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, CFS Clinical Frailty Scale, SPMSQ Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire, CIRS-CI Charlson Comorbidity Index, HFrEF Heart Failure with reduced Ejection Fraction, BNP Brain Natriuretic Peptide