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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: Stat Med. 2013 Mar 27;32(22):3829–3837. doi: 10.1002/sim.5801

Table I.

Comparison of original cohort sample and the analyzed sample after exclusion of subjects in areas of nonoverlap of the propensity scores and empty comparison cells.

Original cohort (702 patients) After exclusion (618 patients)
Age (years), median (IQR) 58 (25) 60 (23)
Female, number (%) 328 (53) 300 (49)
Race, number (%)
 Caucasian 422 (60) 392 (63)
 African-American 251 (36) 204 (33)
 Other 29 (4) 22 (4)
Chemotherapy, number (%) 39 (5) 38 (6)
Congestive heart failure, number (%) 42 (6) 40 (6)
Estrogen-containing medication, number (%) 4 (0.6) 4 (0.6)
History of recent trauma, number (%) 90 (13) 60 (10)
History of stroke, number (%) 43 (6) 39 (6)
History of venous thromboembolism, number (%) 124 (18) 108 (17)
Hypercoagulable state, number (%) 18 (3) 12 (2)
Pregnant, number (%) 6 (0.8) 4 (0.6)
Respiratory failure, number (%) 28 (4) 28 (5)
Surgery within last 3 months, number (%) 157 (22) 143 (23)

IQR, interquartile range.