期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
卷 53, 期 6, 页码 1112-1117出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy167
关键词
Statistics; Propensity score; Matching; Weighting; Stratification
资金
- MRC [MR/J015350/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Propensity score (PS) methods offer certain advantages over more traditional regression methods to control for confounding by indication in observational studies. Although multivariable regression models adjust for confounders by modelling the relationship between covariates and outcome, the PS methods estimate the treatment effect by modelling the relationship between confounders and treatment assignment. Therefore, methods based on the PS are not limited by the number of events, and their use may be warranted when the number of confounders is large, or the number of outcomes is small. The PS is the probability for a subject to receive a treatment conditional on a set of baseline characteristics (confounders). The PS is commonly estimated using logistic regression, and it is used to match patients with similar distribution of confounders so that difference in outcomes gives unbiased estimate of treatment effect. This review summarizes basic concepts of the PS matching and provides guidance in implementing matching and other methods based on the PS, such as stratification, weighting and covariate adjustment.
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