Table 2 Checking balance of confounders between MC and BSC group after weighting.

From: Metronomic capecitabine vs. best supportive care in Child-Pugh B hepatocellular carcinoma: a proof of concept

 

Mean in MC

Mean in BSC

Standardized differences

Sex

0.77

0.81

−0.095

Age

65.34

68.39

−0.308

Etiology (Viral vs. Non Viral)

0.72

0.74

−0.091

Child-Pugh score (B7 vs. B8–9)

0.49

0.39

0.201

BCLC

0.57

0.57

0

ECOG-PS

0.34

0.44

−0.202

Extrahepatic spread

0.26

0.17

0.236

Macrovascular Invasion

0.4

0.41

−0.02

AFP > 400 ng/mL

0.31

0.3

0.021

  1. MC = Metronomic capecitabine; BSC = Best supportive care; BCLC = Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer; ECOG-PS = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-Performance Status; AFP = Alpha-fetoprotein.
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