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. 2021 Oct 22;81(4):564–568. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221571

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics before and after multi-group inverse probability treatment weighting

Before weighting After weighting
BNT162b2 CoronaVac None SMD BNT162b2 CoronaVac None SMD
N 653 671 4169 3893.56 4051.97 4169
Male (N (%)) 136 (20.8) 194 (28.9) 850 (20.4) 0.132 681.6 (17.5) 865.8 (21.4) 850.0 (20.4) 0.065
Age (mean (SD)) 55.83 (11.89) 59.52 (11.04) 63.97 (14.73) 0.424 61.98 (12.38) 61.60 (10.85) 63.97 (14.73) 0.12
Comorbidities (N (%))
Asthma 9 (1.4) 9 (1.3) 72 (1.7) 0.021 53.6 (1.4) 55.7 (1.4) 72.0 (1.7) 0.019
Cerebrovascular disease 6 (0.9) 18 (2.7) 230 (5.5) 0.18 163.9 (4.2) 166.0 (4.1) 230.0 (5.5) 0.044
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 12 (1.8) 16 (2.4) 235 (5.6) 0.135 218.7 (5.6) 264.4 (6.5) 235.0 (5.6) 0.025
Congestive heart failure 1 (0.2) 2 (0.3) 118 (2.8) 0.153 120.5 (3.1) 50.7 (1.3) 118.0 (2.8) 0.085
Chronic renal failure 0 (0.0) 5 (0.7) 76 (1.8) 0.137 0.0 (0.0) 72.9 (1.8) 76.0 (1.8) 0.129
Dementia 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 17 (0.4) 0.06 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) 17.0 (0.4) 0.06
Diabetes 29 (4.4) 45 (6.7) 488 (11.7) 0.18 503.8 (12.9) 384.3 (9.5) 488.0 (11.7) 0.073
Mild liver disease 0 (0.0) 1 (0.1) 13 (0.3) 0.056 0.0 (0.0) 3.8 (0.1) 13.0 (0.3) 0.057
Moderate-severe liver disease 1 (0.2) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.0) 0.04 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) 1.0 (0.0) 0.015
Myocardial infarction 4 (0.6) 1 (0.1) 48 (1.2) 0.086 25.8 (0.7) 82.8 (2.0) 48.0 (1.2) 0.081
Peripheral vascular disease 0 (0.0) 1 (0.1) 39 (0.9) 0.1 0.0 (0.0) 27.7 (0.7) 39.0 (0.9) 0.094
Paralysis 0 (0.0) 1 (0.1) 17 (0.4) 0.065 0.0 (0.0) 7.6 (0.2) 17.0 (0.4) 0.064
Respiratory infections 20 (3.1) 23 (3.4) 390 (9.4) 0.176 278.5 (7.2) 354.8 (8.8) 390.0 (9.4) 0.053
Stroke or systemic embolism 2 (0.3) 7 (1.0) 95 (2.3) 0.121 73.5 (1.9) 56.4 (1.4) 95.0 (2.3) 0.044
Ulcers 3 (0.5) 14 (2.1) 106 (2.5) 0.116 80.1 (2.1) 97.7 (2.4) 106.0 (2.5) 0.022
Viral infections 0 (0.0) 2 (0.3) 43 (1.0) 0.104 0.0 (0.0) 36.9 (0.9) 43.0 (1.0) 0.097
Health service utilisation (N (%))
Emergency or hospital admission 471 (72.1) 508 (75.7) 3464 (83.1) 0.177 3185.5 (81.8) 3327.5 (82.1) 3464.0 (83.1) 0.022
Outpatient visits 641 (98.2) 665 (99.1) 4122 (98.9) 0.054 3826.2 (98.3) 4011.8 (99.0) 4122.0 (98.9) 0.043
Medication usage within 90 days (N (%))
Immunosuppressants 11 (1.7) 7 (1.0) 134 (3.2) 0.102 82.0 (2.1) 115.4 (2.8) 134.0 (3.2) 0.046
NSAIDs 284 (43.5) 295 (44.0) 1617 (38.8) 0.07 1529.5 (39.3) 1671.0 (41.2) 1617.0 (38.8) 0.033
Corticosteroids 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.0) 0.015 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) 1.0 (0.0) 0.015
b/tsDMARDs 191 (29.2) 187 (27.9) 1287 (30.9) 0.044 1230.7 (31.6) 1418.6 (35.0) 1287.0 (30.9) 0.059
csDMARDs 486 (74.4) 508 (75.7) 3041 (72.9) 0.042 2767.6 (71.1) 2988.2 (73.7) 3041.0 (72.9) 0.04
Drugs for gout 9 (1.4) 26 (3.9) 120 (2.9) 0.105 79.7 (2.0) 93.1 (2.3) 120.0 (2.9) 0.036

bDMARDs, biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs; csDMARDs, conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs; NSAIDs, Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; SMD, standardised mean difference; tsDMARDs, target synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.