Table 1 Patient characteristics before and after matching
Variables | Before matching | After matching | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H. Influenzae colonizers | H. Influenzae non-colonizers | P | H. Influenzae colonizers | H. Influenzae non-colonizers | P | |
n = 79 | n = 4,421 | n = 78 | n = 154 | |||
Age | 59.0 [51.5–65.0] | 60.0 [52.0–67.0] | 0.298 | 59.0 [52.0–65.0] | 58.5 [51.0–66.0] | 0.977 |
Sex, male | 32 (40.5) | 1859 (42.0) | 0.873 | 32 (41.0) | 64 (41.6) | > 0.999 |
Colonization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 24 (30.4) | 549 (12.4) | < 0.001 | 23 (29.5) | 45 (29.2) | > 0.999 |
Colonization of any other bacteria | 37 (46.8) | 1293 (29.2) | 0.001 | 36 (46.2) | 65 (42.2) | 0.665 |
Follow-up duration, years | 7.90 [2.56–13.39] | 4.02 [1.14–8.40] | < 0.001 | 7.73 [2.52–13.37] | 9.10 [2.68–13.90] | 0.919 |
Number of PFTs, counts | 2.00 [1.00–5.00] | 1.00 [1.00–3.00] | 0.050 | 2.00 [1.00–5.00] | 2.00 [1.00–5.00] | 0.486 |