Table 1

Patient Demographics: Pre- and Post- Propensity Score Match


Pre-propensity score match
Post-propensity score match


On HAART
Not on HAART
P-value
On HAART
Not on HAART
P-value
Sample size
342
742

331
331

Age (Q1 – Q3)
40.8 (36.3, 46.4)
38.4 (33.3, 44.6)
< 0.01
40.8 (36.1, 46.2)
40.8 (35.8, 47.3)
0.68
Female (%)
43 (12.6)
194 (26.2)
< 0.01
43 (13.0)
39 (11.8)
0.64
Social support (%)
255 (74.6)
489 (66.0)
< 0.01
246 (74.3)
242 (73.1)
0.74
Homeless (%)
6 (1.8)
67 (9.0)
< 0.01
6 (1.8)
6 (1.8)
0.52
AIDS (%)
207 (60.5)
458 (61.7)
0.71
205 (61.9)
202 (61.0)
0.81
IDU (%)
85 (24.9)
357 (48.1)
< 0.01
85 (25.7)
82 (24.8)
0.79
AMA (%)
26 (7.6)
132 (17.8)
< 0.01
26 (7.9)
43 (13.0)
0.03

IDU = Intravenous Drug Use, AMA = Indicates leaving hospital against medical advice.

Nosyk et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2006 6:146   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-6-146