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Table 1 Patient characteristics before and after propensity score matching

From: Impact of intrathecal morphine analgesia on the incidence of pulmonary complications after cardiac surgery: a single center propensity-matched cohort study

Patient characteristics

Patients with IVA

Patients with ITMA

Standardized difference

Patients with IVA

Patients with ITMA

Standardized difference

N = 623

N = 920

%

N = 557

N = 557

%

Age (years) a

65.1

(15.3)

61.4

(17.2)

−22.8

64.7

(15.7)

63.8

(16.0)

−5.1

Sex (male)

424

(68.1)

610

(66.3)

3.7

372

(66.8)

381

(68.4)

3.4

Hypertension

344

(55.2)

432

(47.0)

−16.6

295

(52.3)

288

(51.7)

−2.5

Diabetes

134

(21.5)

159

(17.3)

−10.7

112

(20.1)

113

(20.3)

0.5

Hypercholesterolemia

137

(22.0)

180

(19.6)

−6.0

116

(20.8)

125

(22.4)

4.0

Coronary heart disease

331

(53.1)

335

(36.4)

−34.1

269

(48.3)

263

(47.2)

−2.2

Peripheral vascular disease

127

(20.4)

171

(18.6)

−4.5

108

(19.4)

120

(21.5)

5.4

Chronic pulmonary disease

63

(10.1)

77

(8.4)

−6.0

46

(8.3)

48

(8.6)

1.2

Smoking

102

(16.4)

87

(9.5)

−20.7

65

(11.7)

62

(11.1)

−1.6

Obesity

57

(9.2)

82

(8.9)

−0.8

51

(9.2)

56

(10.1)

3.1

Chronic kidney disease

79

(12.7)

79

(8.6)

−13.3

63

(11.3)

55

(9.9)

−4.7

Parsonnet score

14.9

(9.0)

13.7

(8.7)

−13.4

14.7

(9.0)

14.7

(9.1)

0.5

Type of surgery

 CABG

187

(30.0)

182

(19.8)

−23.8

151

(27.1)

136

(24.4)

−6.3

 Valve surgery

291

(46.7)

530

(57.6)

21.9

281

(50.5)

283

(50.8)

0.7

 Combined surgery

110

(17.7)

123

(13.4)

−11.9

91

(16.3)

94

(16.9)

1.5

 Other

35

(5.6)

85

(9.2)

13.8

34

(6.1)

44

(7.9)

6.9

  1. Data given as number (percentage) unless otherwise indicated
  2. IVA intravenous analgesia; ITMA intrathecal morphine analgesia; CABG coronary artery bypass graft
  3. a Data given as mean (standard deviation)