Table 3 Covariate balance between the patients with adjuvant chemotherapy and adjuvant ICIs.

From: Trends in the use and efficacy of adjuvant immunotherapy in muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma

Covariate

balance

Mean or %

(adjuvant chemo.)

Mean or %

(adjuvant ICIs)

SMD

(Unweighted)

Weighted

mean or %

(adjuvant chemo.)

Weighted

mean or %

(adjuvant ICIs)

SMD

(IPTW-weights)

SMD

(IPTW-ATT)

Age

67.6

70.6

0.33

68.10

65.5

0.06

0.08

sex

75.0%

69.8%

0.11

74.4%

89.9%

0.12

0.03

ECOG PS

0.08

0.08

0.02

0.08

0.02

0.06

0.02

UTUC

54.0%

34.9%

0.39

50.5%

22.0%

0.33

< 0.01

NAC

25.7%

96.8%

2.12

38.8%

34.5%

1.30

< 0.01

pT

3.02

2.79

0.34

2.97

2.90

0.34

0.04

Variant histology

13%

17%

0.11

14%

5%

0.04

0.09

  1. SMD: standardized mean difference (SMD is considered appropriate at < 0.1).