Table 4.
Propensity score matching.
| Non-cancer | Cancer | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | ||
| All | 180 | 45 | |||
| Age (continuous values, mean CI 95%) | |||||
| 69.5 | 67.5;71.5 | 70.6 | 67.0;74.2 | 0.614 | |
| Diabetes | |||||
| No | 138 | 76.67 | 34 | 75.56 | 0.875 |
| Yes | 42 | 23.33 | 11 | 24.44 | |
| Hypertension | |||||
| No | 105 | 58.33 | 25 | 55.56 | 0.736 |
| Yes | 75 | 41.67 | 20 | 44.44 | |
| Dysplidemia | |||||
| No | 138 | 76.67 | 33 | 73.33 | 0.64 |
| Yes | 42 | 23.33 | 12 | 26.67 | |
| CAD | |||||
| No | 136 | 75.56 | 32 | 71.11 | 0.54 |
| Yes | 44 | 24.44 | 13 | 28.89 | |
| LDH (U/L) | |||||
| <248 | 40 | 22.22 | 11 | 24.44 | 0.75 |
| ≥248 | 140 | 77.78 | 34 | 75.56 | |
| PCT (ng/mL) | |||||
| <0.5 | 124 | 68.89 | 29 | 64.44 | 0.568 |
| ≥0.5 | 56 | 31.11 | 16 | 35.56 | |
| Smoking | |||||
| No ex | 149 | 82.78 | 36 | 80.00 | 0.663 |
| Yes | 31 | 17.22 | 9 | 20.00 | |
| PaO2/FiO2 | |||||
| (mean CI 95%) | 284.8 | 272;297.5 | 280.9 | 251;310.8 | 0.795 |
CAD coronary artery disease, CI confidence interval, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, PCT procalcitonin.