Table 5 Characteristics of black, the ATT-weighted, and original white patients in right heart catheterization data
From: Propensity score analysis for health care disparities: a deweighting approach
|  | Black patients | Weighted white patients | White patients |
|---|---|---|---|
N | 920 | 4461.97 | 4460 |
Age (mean (SD)) | 56.50 (17.50) | 55.01 (17.78) | 63.13 (16.00) |
Sex = Male (%) | 455.0 (49.5) | 2215.0 (49.6) | 2539 (56.9) |
Cancer (%) | Â | Â | Â |
 Metastatic | 67.0 (7.3) | 357.3 (8.0) | 295 (6.6) |
 No cancer | 742.0 (80.7) | 3563.5 (79.9) | 3363 (75.4) |
 Localized | 111.0 (12.1) | 541.2 (12.1) | 802 (18.0) |
Disease category (%) | Â | Â | Â |
 ARF | 376.0 (40.9) | 1865.8 (41.8) | 1978 (44.3) |
 CHF | 79.0 (8.6) | 389.9 (8.7) | 343 (7.7) |
 MOSF | 286.0 (31.1) | 1412.9 (31.7) | 1218 (27.3) |
 Other | 179.0 (19.5) | 793.4 (17.8) | 921 (20.7) |
Number of comorbidities (mean (SD)) | 1.39 (1.13) | 1.34 (1.11) | 1.54 (1.16) |
Duke activity status index (mean (SD)) | 20.58 (5.61) | 20.97 (5.58) | 20.46 (5.25) |
APACHE score (mean (SD)) | 56.30 (20.92) | 56.12 (20.60) | 54.24 (19.64) |
Glasgow coma score (mean (SD)) | 24.45 (31.87) | 23.72 (32.46) | 20.33 (30.14) |
Mean blood pressure (mean (SD)) | 85.34 (42.59) | 85.71 (40.84) | 77.16 (37.04) |
WBC (mean (SD)) | 16.12 (13.66) | 16.21 (12.34) | 15.70 (11.60) |
Heart rate (mean (SD)) | 115.61 (43.64) | 117.06 (41.78) | 114.85 (41.08) |
Respiratory rate (mean (SD)) | 28.68 (15.28) | 28.83 (14.16) | 27.93 (13.87) |
Temperature (mean (SD)) | 37.46 (1.95) | 37.54 (1.92) | 37.65 (1.74) |
PaO2/FiO2 ratio (mean (SD)) | 244.08 (122.02) | 241.38 (130.85) | 216.62 (111.90) |
Albumin (mean (SD)) | 3.04 (0.69) | 3.04 (0.92) | 3.10 (0.81) |
Hematocrit (mean (SD)) | 30.50 (8.39) | 30.52 (8.31) | 32.25 (8.34) |
Bilirubin (mean (SD)) | 2.12 (4.33) | 2.12 (4.10) | 2.11 (4.37) |
Creatinine (mean (SD)) | 2.63 (2.71) | 2.54 (2.76) | 2.03 (1.87) |
Sodium (mean (SD)) | 137.56 (7.74) | 137.35 (8.00) | 136.66 (7.59) |
Potassium (mean (SD)) | 4.12 (1.12) | 4.14 (1.11) | 4.06 (1.00) |
PaCO2 (mean (SD)) | 37.74 (12.46) | 37.33 (12.71) | 39.02 (13.28) |
PH (mean (SD)) | 7.38 (0.11) | 7.39 (0.11) | 7.39 (0.11) |
Weight (mean (SD)) | 68.92 (29.87) | 69.18 (29.98) | 68.11 (28.88) |
‘Do not resuscitate’ status on day 1 = Yes (%) | 79.0 (8.6) | 347.9 (7.8) | 547 (12.3) |
High school education or more (%) | 171.0 (18.6) | 1356.0 (30.4) | 1356 (30.4) |
Income >=$25k (%) | 107.0 (11.6) | 1151.0 (25.8) | 1151 (25.8) |