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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of propensity score matched cohorts

From: Productivity loss and indirect costs associated with cardiovascular events and related clinical procedures

Characteristic

Patients with WA eligibility

Patients with STD eligibility

Patients with WA and STD eligibility

With CVERP

Without CVERP

Std Diff (%)

With CVERP

Without CVERP

Std Diff (%)

With CVERP

Without CVERP

Std Diff (%)

N = 5,808

N = 5,808

N = 21,006

N = 21,006

N = 3,362

N = 3,362

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

1-year Pre-Index Period Deyo Charlson Comorbidity Index (mean, SD)

0.6

1.1

0.6

1.3

0.004

0.7

1.2

0.7

1.4

0.043

0.7

1.1

0.7

1.4

0.01

1-year Pre-Index Period Comorbid Conditions (n, %)

               

Diabetes

1,108

19.1

989

17.0

5.3

4,172

19.9

4,035

19.2

1.6

690

20.5

689

20.5

0.1

Hypertension

2,207

38.0

2,223

38.3

0.6

8,153

38.8

7,980

38.0

1.7

1,345

40.0

1,351

40.2

0.4

Stable angina

343

5.9

313

5.4

2.2

1,152

5.5

1,098

5.2

1.1

173

5.1

154

4.6

2.6

Cancer

201

3.5

361

6.2

12.9

742

3.5

1,359

6.5

13.5

118

3.5

206

6.1

12.2

Respiratory disease

1,906

32.8

1,923

33.1

0.6

7,015

33.4

7,133

34.0

1.2

1,098

32.7

1,102

32.8

0.3

Renal disease

162

2.8

161

2.8

0.1

675

3.2

598

2.8

2.1

100

3.0

109

3.2

1.5

Liver disease

99

1.7

106

1.8

0.9

379

1.8

466

2.2

3.0

63

1.9

54

1.6

2.0

Peripheral vascular disease

159

2.7

87

1.5

8.6

733

3.5

551

2.6

5.0

93

2.8

47

1.4

9.6

Psychiatric disorders

641

11.0

580

10.0

3.4

2,735

13.0

2,850

13.6

1.6

405

12.0

392

11.7

1.2

Abdominal aortic aneurysm

20

0.3

17

0.3

0.9

109

0.5

96

0.5

0.9

14

0.4

14

0.4

0.0

Metabolic syndrome

21

0.4

20

0.3

0.3

74

0.4

119

0.6

3.2

10

0.3

17

0.5

3.3

Obesity of overweight

107

1.8

114

2.0

0.9

503

2.4

509

2.4

0.2

77

2.3

86

2.6

1.7

Arrhythmias

414

7.1

430

7.4

1.1

1,567

7.5

1,526

7.3

0.7

242

7.2

232

6.9

1.2

Baseline Hours Lost

               

Monthly hours lost due to WA/STD/WA and STD during the 1-year Pre-Index Period (mean, SD)

20.5

18.9

20.5

21.7

0.002

4.7

20.0

5.4

23.0

0.03

23.3

19.4

23.2

21.3

0.01

  1. CVERP: cardiovascular events and related clinical procedures; SD: standard deviation; STD: short-term disability; Std Diff: standardized difference; WA: workplace absenteeism
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