Analysis of efficacy
hypertension, COPD, diabetes
DISEASE, COPD, EVENTS, HYPERTENSION, DIABETES
Crude comparison of outcome variables between interventional and observational arms are shown in supplementary Table To account for differences in the two groups, a propensity score matching algorithm was done identifying a match for 90 patients both in the interventional and observational cohort, based on age, gender, BMI, diabetes, COPD, hypertension and disease severity at enrollment. Baseline characteristics in the matched groups showed no statistical differences between the two groups after matching (see supplementary Table Mortality at 30 and 90 days did not differ significantly between the two cohorts (Mortality, ICU admission and related events after propensity score matchingLength of hospital days in patients in the interventional and observation cohort after propensity-score matchingThe composite outcome of all-cause mortality at 30-day and 90-day, evolution of the clinical severity during treatment, ICU admission, length of hospital stay was calculated. The composite outcome was 54% (53 /98) in the interventional cohort and 65% (132/203) in the observational cohort (