Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of propensity score matched cohorts
| Characteristic | Patients with WA eligibility | Patients with STD eligibility | Patients with WA and STD eligibility | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With CVERP | Without CVERP | Std Diff (%) | With CVERP | Without CVERP | Std Diff (%) | With CVERP | Without CVERP | Std Diff (%) | |||||||
| N = 5,808 | N = 5,808 | N = 21,006 | N = 21,006 | N = 3,362 | N = 3,362 | ||||||||||
| n/mean | %/SD | n/mean | %/SD | n/mean | %/SD | n/mean | %/SD | n/mean | %/SD | n/mean | %/SD | ||||
| 1-year Pre-Index Period Deyo Charlson Comorbidity Index (mean, SD) | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.004 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.043 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.01 |
| 1-year Pre-Index Period Comorbid Conditions (n, %) | |||||||||||||||
| Diabetes | 1,108 | 19.1 | 989 | 17.0 | 5.3 | 4,172 | 19.9 | 4,035 | 19.2 | 1.6 | 690 | 20.5 | 689 | 20.5 | 0.1 |
| Hypertension | 2,207 | 38.0 | 2,223 | 38.3 | 0.6 | 8,153 | 38.8 | 7,980 | 38.0 | 1.7 | 1,345 | 40.0 | 1,351 | 40.2 | 0.4 |
| Stable angina | 343 | 5.9 | 313 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 1,152 | 5.5 | 1,098 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 173 | 5.1 | 154 | 4.6 | 2.6 |
| Cancer | 201 | 3.5 | 361 | 6.2 | 12.9 | 742 | 3.5 | 1,359 | 6.5 | 13.5 | 118 | 3.5 | 206 | 6.1 | 12.2 |
| Respiratory disease | 1,906 | 32.8 | 1,923 | 33.1 | 0.6 | 7,015 | 33.4 | 7,133 | 34.0 | 1.2 | 1,098 | 32.7 | 1,102 | 32.8 | 0.3 |
| Renal disease | 162 | 2.8 | 161 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 675 | 3.2 | 598 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 100 | 3.0 | 109 | 3.2 | 1.5 |
| Liver disease | 99 | 1.7 | 106 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 379 | 1.8 | 466 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 63 | 1.9 | 54 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 159 | 2.7 | 87 | 1.5 | 8.6 | 733 | 3.5 | 551 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 93 | 2.8 | 47 | 1.4 | 9.6 |
| Psychiatric disorders | 641 | 11.0 | 580 | 10.0 | 3.4 | 2,735 | 13.0 | 2,850 | 13.6 | 1.6 | 405 | 12.0 | 392 | 11.7 | 1.2 |
| Abdominal aortic aneurysm | 20 | 0.3 | 17 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 109 | 0.5 | 96 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 14 | 0.4 | 14 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Metabolic syndrome | 21 | 0.4 | 20 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 74 | 0.4 | 119 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 10 | 0.3 | 17 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
| Obesity of overweight | 107 | 1.8 | 114 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 503 | 2.4 | 509 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 77 | 2.3 | 86 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
| Arrhythmias | 414 | 7.1 | 430 | 7.4 | 1.1 | 1,567 | 7.5 | 1,526 | 7.3 | 0.7 | 242 | 7.2 | 232 | 6.9 | 1.2 |
| Baseline Hours Lost | |||||||||||||||
| Monthly hours lost due to WA/STD/WA and STD during the 1-year Pre-Index Period (mean, SD) | 20.5 | 18.9 | 20.5 | 21.7 | 0.002 | 4.7 | 20.0 | 5.4 | 23.0 | 0.03 | 23.3 | 19.4 | 23.2 | 21.3 | 0.01 |
CVERP: cardiovascular events and related clinical procedures; SD: standard deviation; STD: short-term disability; Std Diff: standardized difference; WA: workplace absenteeism