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Table 2 Covariate balance testing between unmatched and matched sample

From: Emergency coronary artery bypass grafting using minimized versus standard extracorporeal circulation – a propensity score analysis

Variable

Standardized difference [%]

% reduction |difference|

p-value

 

Unmatched

Matched

 

Unmatched

Matched

Ejection fraction

44.6

0.3

99.4

0.02

0.98

Serum creatinine

−18.3

8.3

54.6

0.14

0.28

No of grafts

−26.5

22.1

16.6

0.03

0.11

LIMA use

31.1

2.6

91.5

0.01

0.85

Bypass time

−66.3

3.7

94.5

< 0.0001

0.78

Cross clamp time

−34.1

8.9

73.9

0.005

0.52