Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Xiyanping Injection (Andrographolide Sulfonate) for Treatment of Adult Community Acquired Pneumonia: A Retrospective, Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study

Table 4

Characteristics at baseline after PSM: Xiyanping combination versus penicillin.

Variable	Xiyanping combination		Penicillin		P
	N	%	N	%
Sample size	139		139
Age (y), mean ± SD	58.45±18.54		59.12±16.91		0.753
Gender
Male	74	53.2%	68	48.9%	0.472
Female	65	46.8%	71	51.1%	0.472
Marriage
Widowed	113	81.3%	108	77.7%	0.458
Married	20	14.4%	24	17.3%	0.511
Single	6	4.3%	7	5.0%	0.776
Divorced or others	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Occupation
Peasants	3	2.7%	1	0.9%	0.326
Employment	18	16.1%	17	15.6%	0.326
Unemployment	59	52.7%	55	50.5%	0.741
Retirement	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1
Unknown	31	27.7%	35	32.1%	0.472
Others	1	0.9%	1	0.9%	0.985
Comorbidities
Yes	3	2.2%	2	1.4%	0.652
No	136	97.8%	137	98.6%	0.652
CRP difference	47.64±50.05		60.42±67.77		0.455
Neutrophil proportion difference	77.47±11.80		75.57±9.91		0.546
Neutrophil count difference	7.11±2.69		5.94±2.65		0.130
White blood cell count difference	9.14±2.90		10.84±16.65		0.600