Statistics in Brief: An Introduction to the Use of Propensity Scores

Overview

Journal Clin Orthop Relat Res

Publisher Wolters Kluwer

Specialty Orthopedics

Date 2015 Mar 17

PMID 25773902

Citations 25

Authors

Maria C S Inacio

Yuexin Chen

Elizabeth W Paxton

Robert S Namba

Steven M Kurtz

Guy Cafri

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Citing Articles

Definitional differences in "outpatient" surgery can influence study outcomes related to total shoulder arthroplasty.

Song J, Yu J, Yendluri A, Ranson W, Namiri N, Corvi J JSES Int. 2025; 9(1):163-168.

PMID: 39898189 PMC: 11784264. DOI: 10.1016/j.jseint.2024.08.191.

The Safety of Spinal Surgery in Patients over 80 Years of Age: Propensity Score Matching Study.

Bang C, Kwon K, Ahn J, Kim Y Global Spine J. 2024; :21925682241304332.

PMID: 39576875 PMC: 11585003. DOI: 10.1177/21925682241304332.

Postoperative Hemodynamics of Total Knee Arthroplasty Unaffected by Cementless Approach under Contemporary Patient Blood Management Protocol: A Propensity Score-Matched Study.

Choi K, Kim Y, Cho N, Kim M, In Y, You H J Clin Med. 2023; 12(22).

PMID: 38002595 PMC: 10672580. DOI: 10.3390/jcm12226980.

The effect of smoking on latent hazard classes of metabolic syndrome using latent class causal analysis method in the Iranian population.

Khodamoradi F, Nazemipour M, Mansournia N, Yazdani K, Khalili D, Arshadi M BMC Public Health. 2023; 23(1):2058.

PMID: 37864179 PMC: 10588163. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16863-6.

An analysis of the usefulness for using skin adhesive without closed-suction drainage in primary total hip arthroplasty: A retrospective propensity score matched study.

Lee C, Jin S, Jeong H, Yoon T, Park K Medicine (Baltimore). 2023; 102(37):e35181.

PMID: 37713819 PMC: 10508427. DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000035181.

References

DAgostino Jr R . Propensity score methods for bias reduction in the comparison of a treatment to a non-randomized control group. Stat Med. 1998; 17(19):2265-81. DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19981015)17:19<2265::aid-sim918>3.0.co;2-b. View

Mandel S, Schilling J, Peterson E, Rao D, Sanders W . A retrospective analysis of vertebral body fractures following epidural steroid injections. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2013; 95(11):961-4. DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00844. View

Samuelsson K, Desai N, McNair E, Van Eck C, Petzold M, Fu F . Level of evidence in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction research: a systematic review. Am J Sports Med. 2012; 41(4):924-34. DOI: 10.1177/0363546512460647. View

Seicean A, Seicean S, Alan N, Schiltz N, Rosenbaum B, Jones P . Preoperative anemia and perioperative outcomes in patients who undergo elective spine surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013; 38(15):1331-41. DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182912c6b. View

Shi H, Chang J, Chiu H . Volume associations in total hip arthroplasty: a nationwide Taiwan population-based study. J Arthroplasty. 2013; 28(10):1834-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.03.011. View

Seicean A, Seicean S, Alan N, Schiltz N, Rosenbaum B, Jones P . Effect of smoking on the perioperative outcomes of patients who undergo elective spine surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013; 38(15):1294-302. DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828e2747. View

Pugely A, Martin C, Gao Y, Mendoza-Lattes S, Callaghan J . Differences in short-term complications between spinal and general anesthesia for primary total knee arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012; 95(3):193-9. DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01682. View

Lovald S, Ong K, Lau E, Schmier J, Bozic K, Kurtz S . Mortality, cost, and downstream disease of total hip arthroplasty patients in the medicare population. J Arthroplasty. 2013; 29(1):242-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.04.031. View

Atkins D, Best D, Briss P, Eccles M, Falck-Ytter Y, Flottorp S . Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ. 2004; 328(7454):1490. PMC: 428525. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7454.1490. View

10.

Hanzlik S, Mahabir R, Baynosa R, Khiabani K . Levels of evidence in research published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume) over the last thirty years. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009; 91(2):425-8. DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00108. View

11.

Raphael I, Tischler E, Huang R, Rothman R, Hozack W, Parvizi J . Aspirin: an alternative for pulmonary embolism prophylaxis after arthroplasty?. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2013; 472(2):482-8. PMC: 3890197. DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-3135-z. View

12.

Aaltonen K, Virkki L, Jamsen E, Sokka T, Konttinen Y, Peltomaa R . Do biologic drugs affect the need for and outcome of joint replacements in patients with rheumatoid arthritis? A register-based study. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2013; 43(1):55-62. DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2013.01.002. View

13.

Cunningham B, Harmsen S, Kweon C, Patterson J, Waldrop R, McLaren A . Have levels of evidence improved the quality of orthopaedic research?. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2013; 471(11):3679-86. PMC: 3792258. DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-3159-4. View

14.

Stuart E . Matching methods for causal inference: A review and a look forward. Stat Sci. 2010; 25(1):1-21. PMC: 2943670. DOI: 10.1214/09-STS313. View

15.

Paus A, Steen H, Roislien J, Mowinckel P, Teigland J . High mortality rate in rheumatoid arthritis with subluxation of the cervical spine: a cohort study of operated and nonoperated patients. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008; 33(21):2278-83. DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31817f1a17. View

16.

Austin P . An Introduction to Propensity Score Methods for Reducing the Effects of Confounding in Observational Studies. Multivariate Behav Res. 2011; 46(3):399-424. PMC: 3144483. DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2011.568786. View

17.

Petilon J, Glassman S, Dimar J, Carreon L . Clinical outcomes after lumbar fusion complicated by deep wound infection: a case-control study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012; 37(16):1370-4. DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31824a4d93. View

18.

Hong G . Marginal mean weighting through stratification: a generalized method for evaluating multivalued and multiple treatments with nonexperimental data. Psychol Methods. 2011; 17(1):44-60. DOI: 10.1037/a0024918. View

19.

Hellsten E, Hanbidge M, Manos A, Lewis S, Massicotte E, Fehlings M . An economic evaluation of perioperative adverse events associated with spinal surgery. Spine J. 2013; 13(1):44-53. DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.01.003. View

20.

Pugely A, Martin C, Gao Y, Mendoza-Lattes S . Outpatient surgery reduces short-term complications in lumbar discectomy: an analysis of 4310 patients from the ACS-NSQIP database. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012; 38(3):264-71. DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182697b57. View