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Table 3 Propensity score analysis of influence of initial misdiagnosis on 14 day mortality

From: Influence of initial misdiagnosis on mortality in patients with bacteraemia: propensity score matching and propensity score weighting analyses

Type of analysis

AEMM% (95%CI)

AEMM% (95%CI) Double adjusted2

N matched pairs

Matching, caliper 0.02

14.6 (7.6;21.6)

Not applicable

171

 Additional1: Matching, caliper 0.2

13.5 (6.5;20.4)

Not applicable

171

 Additional: Matching, caliper 0.5

13.5 (7.0;20.0)

Not applicable

192

IPTW truncated (weights >99th percentile)

13.3 (6.9;19.6)

13.7 (7.4;19.9)

Not applicable

 Additional: IPTW truncated (weights > 10)

11.8 (3.0;20.6)

12.3 (4.1;20.6)

Not applicable

 Additional: IPTW untruncated

−4.2 (−36.1;27.7)

− 0.1 (−23.8;23.5)

Not applicable

  1. AEMM Average effect of initial misdiagnosis on the misdiagnosed, CI Confidence interval, IPTW Inversed probability of treatment weighting
  2. 1Additional analyses were performed after primary analyses to gain insight in the influence of extreme propensity scores on results
  3. 2Results of IPTW adjusted for presentation at outpatient clinic before hospital admission, history of stem cell transplantation and history of solid organ transplantation in final outcome analysis
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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