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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Appl Stat. 2013 Sep 5;41(1):10.1080/02664763.2013.834296. doi: 10.1080/02664763.2013.834296

Table 3.

Assessment of match balance for continuous covariates. This includes a comparison of summary statistics by group for unmatched and matched samples. The Kolmogorov Smirnov (KS) test compares covariate distributions across treatment group.

Cross Clamp Time Perfusion Time Euro Score

Statistics LA Aprotinin LA Aprotinin LA Aprotinin
Unmatched Sample
Mean 79.7 92.1 111.4 144.6 5.3 7.0
Median 72 84 98 139 5 7
25th Percentile 54 65 75 96 3 4
75th Percentile 94 118 133 177 7 9
Variance Ratio 0.78 1.33 1.11
KS p-value 0.001 0.001 0.001

Matched Sample
Mean 83.8 85.6 123.0 124.4 6.3 6.3
Median 76 80 109 120 6 6
25th Percentile 60 62 84 84 4 4
75th Percentile 95 108 145 162 8 8
Variance Ratio 0.69 0.68 1.06
KS p-value 0.16 0.10 0.99