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. 2017 Dec 20;40(12):1303–1308. doi: 10.1002/clc.22828

Table 3.

Patient characteristics before and after PSM

Before PSM After PSM
Early PCI Delayed PCI P Value Early PCI Delayed PCI P Value
Variables n = 7705 n = 3946 n = 3708 n = 3708
Age, y, median (IQR) 73 (64–80) 73 (65–81) 0.003 74 (65–81) 73 (65–81) 0.26
Caucasian, % 70.7 72.5 <0.001 73.1 72.1 0.76
Weekend admission, % 17.0 34.9 <0.001 30.6 30.9 0.76
Female sex, % 35.5 37.1 0.1 37.7 36.9 0.49
Chronic pulmonary disease 22.4 25.1 0.001 24.8 24.8 0.98
Coagulopathy 4.9 5.3 0.26 5.4 5.3 0.84
Depression 8.7 8.8 0.79 8.9 9.0 0.87
HTN 88.6 88.2 0.52 87.9 88.3 0.64
Fluid and electrolyte disorders 20.9 28.6 <0.001 26.8 27.8 0.36
Acute CVA 0.8 0.9 0.65 1.0 0.9 0.81
Obesity 20.5 20.8 0.68 21.0 20.9 0.93
PVD 20.9 22.3 0.08 21.7 22.0 0.76
DM 57.0 59.9 0.003 59.1 59.5 0.74
Prior MI 19.5 19.4 0.9 18.2 19.3 0.25
Smoking 34.0 33.2 0.39 34.1 33.3 0.46
Dyslipidemia 76.8 73.4 <0.001 72.9 74.1 0.23
Prior revascularization 33.8 34.1 0.76 33.3 33.8 0.59
Chronic ASA use 19.8 19.5 0.68 19.9 19.6 0.75
Family history of CAD 8.1 7.6 0.39 7.6 7.6 1.00
Ventricular arrhythmia 4.7 5.0 0.54 5.1 4.8 0.56
Cardiogenic shock 3.3 2.1 <0.001 2.2 2.1 0.81
AKI 31.8 39.9 <0.001 39.3 38.6 0.52
Year
2010 14.2 13.5 0.34 13.5 13.3 0.84
2011 19.1 18.4 18.9 18.6
2012 20.6 21.3 20.7 21.5
2013 22.6 23.6 22.7 23.5
2014 23.5 23.2 24.2 23.1

Abbreviations: AKI, acute kidney injury; ASA, acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin); CAD, coronary artery disease; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; DM, diabetes mellitus; HTN, hypertension; IQR, interquartile range; MI, myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; PSM, propensity score matching; PVD, peripheral vascular disease.