Table 3 Baseline characteristics in the original and matched samples

Confounders

115

146

97

97

 Age, mean (SD)

69.05

(11.44)

69.86

(13.16)

0.065

69.80

(11.24)

70.29

(11.02)

0.044

 Female, n (%)

35

(30.4)

52

(35.6)

0.110

31

(32.0)

29

(29.9)

0.045

 BMI, mean (SD)

21.21

(3.51)

21.93

(3.25)

0.214

21.47

(3.66)

21.37

(2.95)

0.030

 Cancer = TRUE, n (%)

88

(76.5)

91

(62.3)

0.020

73

(75.3)

70

(72.2)

0.070

 WBC, mean (SD)

10942.61

(7340.12)

9900.00

(4732.63)

0.169

9741.24

(4871.28)

9836.08

(4712.49)

0.020

 RBC, mean (SD)

386.36

(73.57)

380.65

(68.26)

0.080

381.08

(69.71)

383.70

(66.81)

0.038

 ALB, mean (SD)

3.25

(0.57)

3.38

(0.64)

0.214

3.28

(0.57)

3.33

(0.61)

0.098

 T-Bil, mean (SD)

2.08

(2.38)

2.31

(2.88)

0.088

2.13

(2.53)

2.23

(2.44)

0.041

 AST, mean (SD)

123.79

(177.89)

178.50

(410.06)

0.173

128.85

(184.36)

145.54

(318.37)

0.064

 ALT, mean (SD)

97.39

(117.97)

144.54

(244.91)

0.245

103.24

(124.09)

111.49

(150.15)

0.060

 ALP, mean (SD)

799.23

(695.59)

724.94

(634.41)

0.112

779.91

(654.17)

753.36

(635.46)

0.041

 LDH, mean (SD)

267.51

(154.25)

294.34

(279.35)

0.119

266.51

(155.67)

292.24

(260.42)

0.120

 γGTP, mean (SD)

321.40

(338.52)

311.88

(330.70)

0.028

313.35

(321.41)

310.53

(339.29)

0.009

 SCr, mean (SD)

0.88

(0.47)

0.86

(0.35)

0.059

0.88

(0.49)

0.89

(0.39)

0.004

 eGFR, mean (SD)

70.70

(23.24)

70.03

(23.60)

0.028

70.24

(21.95)

69.76

(25.12)

0.020

 CRP, mean (SD)

8.87

(7.55)

6.52

(7.23)

0.317

7.54

(6.93)

7.54

(7.95)

< 0.001

Cases using DRPM

9

1

7

1