Table 3 Summary of the assessments of the covariate balance (absolute standardised differences in means [ASDMs] and t-tests of equality in means) before and after inverse probability weighting (IPW)

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	ASDM				p-value (t-test)
	Mean	Min	Max	> 3^a	Mean	Min	Max	< 0.05^b	N ^c
Before IPW	13.008	0.019	52.477	164	0.089	0.000	0.992	158	198
After IPW	0.516	0.000	1.763	0	0.803	0.377	1.000	0	198

^aNumber of covariates for which ASDM>3.
^bNumber of covariates for which a t-test of equal means yield a p-value < 0.05.
^cTotal number of covariates

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