Table 1.

Baseline characteristic of the patients included in the analysis before & after the propensity score matching. Abbreviations: NE; Weighted National Estimates.

Variables	Unmatched cohorts					Matched cohorts
	Cancer	No cancer	Total	p-value	SMD	Cancer	No cancer	Total	p-value	SMD
	(n = 5956)	(n = 379,566)	(n = 385,522)			(n = 5949)	(n = 17,931)	(n =23,880)
Age, median (25th-75th IQR)	72 (64–80)	64(55–74)	64 (55–74)	<0.01	0.58	72 (64–80)	72 (64–82)	72 (64–81)	0.06	−0.02
Female	37.1	32.9	32.9	<0.01	0.08	37	36.2	36.4	0.36	0.01
Diabetes mellitus	28.2	31.7	31.6	<0.01	−0.07	28.3	28.9	28.8	0.50	−0.01
Hypertension	72.5	72.1	72.1	0.62	−0.007	72.5	72.6	72.6	0.93	−0.006
Cardiogenic shock	12.7	11.9	11.9	0.17	0.02	12.7	13.3	13.2	0.41	−0.02
Peripheral vascular disease	12.2	8.8	8.8	<0.01	0.1	12.2	12.8	12.6	0.43	−0.02
Obesity	8.2	16.4	16.2	<0.01	−0.3	8.2	8.5	8.4	0.54	0.002
Tobacco smoking	18.8	29.3	29.2	<0.01	−0.3	18.8	18.6	18.7	0.84	0.01
Coagulopathy	11.8	5.8	5.9	<0.01	0.2	11.7	11	11.2	0.38	0.01
Chronic lung disease	34	16.7	17	<0.01	0.35	33.9	31.9	32.4	0.06	0.04
Chronic liver disease	2.8	2	2	<0.01	0.05	2.8	2.9	2.9	0.62	−0.009
PCI	43.5	72.1	71.7	<0.01	−0.5	43.5	43.1	43.2	0.69	0.003
Multivessel PCI	7	13	12.9	<0.01	−0.23	7	7.3	72	0.63	−0.01
Drug eluting stent	25.3	59.9	59.3	<0.01	−0.8	25.3	24.4	24.6	0.34	0.008
Bare metal stent	14.2	8.6	8.7	<0.01	−0.2	142	14.7	14.6	0.58	−0.001
CABG	1.9	5	4.9	<0.01	−0.2	1.9	1.8	1.8	0.92	0.004
Mechanical circulatory support	6	8.2	8.2	<0.01	−0.11	6.0	6.2	6.1	0.32	−0.01
Hospital characteristics
Hospital bed size
Small	14.1	12.7	12.8	0.14		14.1	15	14.8	0.53	0.009
Medium	28	27.9	27.9		−0.05	28	27.7	27.8
Large	57.9	59.4	59.4			57.9	57.3	57.4
Hospital teaching status
Metropolitan non-teaching	24	25.9	25.8	<0.01	0.06	24	23.2	23.4	0.34	−0.02
Metropolitan teaching	66.9	66.8	66.8			66.9	66.8	66.8
Non-metropolitan hospital	9.1	7.3	7.4			9	10	9.8