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. 2018 Jul 3;8:9997. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28337-6

Table 2.

Checking balance of confounders between MC and BSC group after weighting.

Mean in MC Mean in BSC Standardized differences
Sex 0.77 0.81 −0.095
Age 65.34 68.39 −0.308
Etiology (Viral vs. Non Viral) 0.72 0.74 −0.091
Child-Pugh score (B7 vs. B8–9) 0.49 0.39 0.201
BCLC 0.57 0.57 0
ECOG-PS 0.34 0.44 −0.202
Extrahepatic spread 0.26 0.17 0.236
Macrovascular Invasion 0.4 0.41 −0.02
AFP > 400 ng/mL 0.31 0.3 0.021

MC = Metronomic capecitabine; BSC = Best supportive care; BCLC = Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer; ECOG-PS = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-Performance Status; AFP = Alpha-fetoprotein.