Table 2.

Balance diagnostics using SMD before and after IPTW-PS.

Characteristics	Before IPTW-PS					After IPTW-PS
	Exposed group		Comparison group			Exposed group		Comparison group
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	SMD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	SMD
District of residence	1.63	0.90	1.62	0.90	0.011	1.62	0.91	1.62	0.90	0.003
Study site	1.06	0.61	0.96	0.62	0.168	1.01	0.61	1.01	0.62	0.002
Level of health facility	1.30	0.46	1.35	0.48	−0.107	1.32	0.47	1.32	0.47	−0.005
Age categories (yr)	3.23	0.87	3.37	0.83	−0.162	3.30	0.87	3.30	0.81	<0.001
Age (yr)	3.43	0.26	3.48	0.25	−0.178	3.46	0.26	3.45	0.24	0.001
Sex	1.33	0.47	1.34	0.47	−0.016	1.33	0.47	1.33	0.47	−0.002
Point of entry into HIV care	3.05	1.42	2.96	1.47	0.058	3.01	1.40	3.01	1.48	<0.001
Baseline regimen	1.97	0.77	1.91	0.53	0.085	1.94	0.77	1.94	0.52	0.001
Baseline weight	4.12	0.23	4.12	0.25	−0.014	4.12	0.23	4.12	0.24	−0.003

HIV = human immunodeficiency virus, IPTW-PS = inverse probability of treatment weighting using propensity scores, SD = standard deviation, SMD = standardized mean difference.