Table 2 PSM parallel hypothesis testing.

From: Differences of the respiratory microbiota between children suffering from community acquired pneumonia with presence or absence of asthma

Term

 

Asthma-CAP group

Simple-CAP group

P value

Age (month)

Before PSM

58.39 ± 33.23

71.71 ± 35.14

0.028*

After PSM

56.44 ± 32.87

56.00 ± 30.58

0.952

Sex

Before PSM

  

0.016*

 Male

 

31 (75.6%)

102 (55.1%)

 

 Female

10

83

Sex

After PSM

  

0.784

 Male

 

31 (79.5%)

30 (76.9%)

 

 Female

8

9

Days of fever

before sampling

Before PSM

4.90 ± 4.59

8.25 ± 6.06

< 0.001*

After PSM

4.74 ± 4.64

6.77 ± 5.719

0.072

  1. *Indicates a statistical difference of P < 0.05.