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Table 2 In-hospital outcomes of the study population after PSM

From: Impact of nicotine product use on outcomes of patients receiving cervical disc arthroplasty: a propensity score analysis of the united States nationwide inpatient sample 2005–2020

 

All patients

(n = 5,562)

Nicotine product use (n = 2,781)

Non-use of nicotine products (n = 2,781)

p-value

Outcomes

    

In-hospital mortality

5 (0.1)

3 (0.1)

2 (0.1)

0.555

Unfavorable dischargea

141 (2.6)

78 (2.8)

63 (2.3)

0.158

Prolonged LOSa, b

726 (13.0)

380 (13.7)

346 (12.4)

0.163

Any complications

485 (8.7)

278 (10.0)

207 (7.4)

< 0.001

Dysphagia

223 (4.0)

118 (4.2)

105 (3.8)

0.324

Dysphonia

12 (0.2)

6 (0.2)

6 (0.2)

0.975

AMI or CVA

24 (0.4)

16 (0.6)

8 (0.3)

0.026

VTE

16 (0.3)

9 (0.3)

7 (0.3)

0.623

Pneumonia

22 (0.4)

14 (0.5)

8 (0.3)

0.125

Sepsis

18 (0.3)

9 (0.4)

9 (0.3)

0.793

Infection

120 (2.2)

79 (2.9)

41 (1.5)

< 0.001

SSI

4 (0.1)

1 (0.03)

3 (0.1)

0.316

UTI

36 (0.7)

20 (0.7)

16 (0.6)

0.432

Hemorrhage/hematoma

19 (0.3)

10 (0.4)

9 (0.3)

0.768

Respiratory failure/Mechanical ventilation

69 (1.2)

41 (1.5)

28 (1.0)

0.075

AKI

22 (0.4)

8 (0.3)

14 (0.5)

0.166

Wound complication

9 (0.2)

6 (0.2)

3 (0.1)

0.295

Nervous system complication

21 (0.4)

12 (0.4)

9 (0.3)

0.493

Digestive system complication

5 (0.1)

2 (0.1)

3 (0.1)

0.742

  1. Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction; AKI, acute kidney injury; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; VTE, venous thromboembolism; SSI, surgical site infection; UTI, urinary tract infection; PSM, propensity score matching; LOS, length of hospital stay
  2. Categorical variables are presented as unweighted counts (weighted percentages)
  3. a Excluding patients who died in the hospital. b LOS > 75th percentile: 2 days
  4. p-values < 0.05 shown in bold