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Table 3 Estimated odds ratios (OR) of death and 95% confidence interval using naive, propensity score matching, or IPTW approaches

From: Evaluation of the Propensity score methods for estimating marginal odds ratios in case of small sample size

Model

Adjustment in the original set

PS-matched sample

IPT-Weighted sample

Covariates

OR (95%CI) p-value

No pairs

OR (95%CI) p-value

Sum of weights

OR (95%CI) p-value

X1 = age

0.44 (0.14;1.42) p = 0.17

22

0.27 (0.06;1.23) p = 0.091

327.5

0.39 (0.11;1.32) p = 0.13

X2 = beta2micro

0.47 (0.15;1.47) p = 0.19

23

0.27 (0.05;1.41) p = 0.12

330.0

0.48 (0.14;1.65) p = 0.25

X3 = time to relapse

0.24 (0.07;0.84) p = 0.026

23

0.19 (0.05;0.65) p = 0.0088

349.1

0.27 (0.08;0.92) p = 0.039

X1 + X2

0.49 (0.15;1.57) p = 0.23

22

0.48 (0.09;2.58) p = 0.39

317.9

0.41 (0.12;1.36) p = 0.15

X1 + X3

0.22 (0.06;0.85) p = 0.028

18

0.20 (0.03;1.17) p = 0.073

456.0

0.23 (0.05;1.00) p = 0.052

X2 + X3

0.26 (0.07;0.93) p = 0.039

23

0.19 (0.05;0.68) p = 0.011

340.8

0.26 (0.08;0.86) p = 0.028

X1 + X2 + X3

0.24 (0.06;0.93) p = 0.040

20

0.41 (0.08;2.1) p = 0.28

432.1

0.21 (0.05;0.86) p = 0.031