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Table 2 Secondary endpoints of the patients treated with or without high-dose corticosteroids before and after group adjustment.

From: The relationship between high-dose corticosteroid treatment and mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective and observational study using a nationwide administrative database in Japan

 

Before adjustment

After adjustment

High-dose corticosteroid

(n = 927)

Non-high-dose corticosteroid

(n = 1780)

p-value

High-dose corticosteroid

(n = 927)

Non-high-dose corticosteroid

(n = 1780)

p-value

Duration of mechanical ventilation use within 28 days (days)

13.3 ± 0.2

12.9 ± 0.2

0.108

13.2 ± 0.3

12.8 ± 0.2

0.330

Duration of intensive-care unit stay within 28 days (days)

3.4 ± 0.2

3.3 ± 0.1

0.863

3.5 ± 0.2

3.3 ± 0.1

0.323

  1. Data are presented as the mean ± standard error. Groups were adjusted using the inverse probability of treatment weighting method