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. 2023 Aug 28;23:315. doi: 10.1186/s12890-023-02603-4

Table 2.

Clinical outcomes of critically ill patients with COVID-19 after PS matching

Outcomes Number of outcomes/Total number of patients Odds Ratio (OR) (95%CI) P-value $
DEX
(n = 24)
mPRED
(n = 24)
P-value
30-day mortality, n (%) 3 ( 14.3) 6 ( 31.6) 0.19** 2.36 (0.51,10.86) 0.27
In-hospital mortality, n (%) 4 ( 18.2) 7 ( 35.0) 0.22^^ 2.31 (0.56,9.59) 0.25
beta coefficient (Estimates) (95%CI) P-value $*
Ventilator free days, Median (Q1, Q3) 20.0 (4.00, 25.00) 15.0 (0.00, 23.00) 0.38^ -0.20 (-0.99,0.60) 0.63
ICU Length of Stay (Days), Median (Q1,Q3) 13.0 (6.00, 21.00) 15.5 (9.00, 23.00) 0.53^ 0.34 (-0.10,0.77) 0.13
Hospital Length of Stay (Days), Median (Q1,Q3) 21.5 (11.50, 29.00) 19.5 (15.50, 29.50) 0.81^ 0.06 (-0.35,0.47) 0.76

DEX Dexamethasone, mPRED Methylprednisolone

^Wilcoxon rank sum test is used to calculate the P-value

^^Chi-square test is used to calculate the P-value

$Logistic regression analysis used to calculate OR and p-value

$*Generalized linear model is used to calculate estimates and p-value