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Standardized differences between the matching variables both before (original sample) and after matching (matched sample). *Standardized differences for age (original sample) are 1.333, 0.875 and 0.855 for Shouldice versus Lichtenstein, Shouldice versus TAPP and Shouldice versus TAP, respectively
