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Table 2 Propensity matching scoring model (n = 412)

From: NT-pro BNP in AECOPD-PH: old biomarker, new insights-based on a large retrospective case-controlled study

Variables

P value

(Before PSM, n = 412)

P value

(After PSM, n = 412)

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Age (year)

0.171

0.061

0.056

0.096

Sex (M/F)

0.001

0.516

0.222

0.058

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

0.060

0.006

0.001

0.002

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

0.355

0.654

0.59

0.385

Pulse rate (PR, beats/per minute)

0.498

0.98

0.805

0.843

Body Mass Index (BMI, kg/m2)

0.319

0.921

0.059

0.506

Smoking status (n, SD/%)

    

Smoking index (SI)

0.028

0.306

0.191

0.105

length of stay (LOS)

0.606

0.191

0.222

0.096

Complications

    

Diabetes mellitus (DM)

0.354

0.608

0.523

0.791

Coronary atherosclerotic heart disease (CHD)

 < 0.001

0.072

0.057

0.136

Hypertension

0.008

0.263

0.185

0.263

History of cerebral infarction

0.004

0.056

0.060

0.089

Procalcitonin (ng/mL)

0.752

0.031

0.03

0.067

C-reactive protein (CRP, mg/L)

0.092

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Interleukin 6 (IL-6, pg/mL)

0.700

0.123

0.122

0.122

Hemoglobin (g/L)

0.147

0.31

0.287

0.304

White blood cell count (WBC, × 109/mL)

0.013

0.008

0.002

0.006

Red blood cell count (RBC, × 1012 /mL)

0.400

0.035

0.03

0.045

Red cell distribution with (RDW, %)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Mean platelet volume (MPV, fL)

0.065

0.938

0.747

0.872

Fibrinogen degradation products (FDP, μg/mL)

0.499

0.522

0.973

0.94

D-Dimer (DD, ng/mL)

0.743

0.133

0.491

0.205

Albumin (ALB, g/L)

0.513

0.553

0.584

0.454

Abnormal albumin globulin ratio (A/G)

0.091

0.215

0.218

0.207

Triglyceride (TG, mmol/L)

0.410

0.941

0.994

0.861

Total cholesterol (TC, mmol/L)

0.842

0.271

0.196

0.233

High density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C, mmol/L)

0.994

0.115

0.102

0.165

Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C, mmol/L)

0.841

0.063

0.058

0.052

Total bilirubin (TBIL, μmol/L)

 < 0.001

0.028

0.023

0.025

N terminal pro B type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP, pg/ml)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

  1. Model 1 matched variables; Sex, age and BMI. Model 2 added SI to model 1. Model 3 Added underlying diseases to model 2 (DM, CHD, hypertension, history of cerebral infarction)