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Table 4 Results of multivariable regression modeling of associations with in-hospital death

From: Profile of infective endocarditis observed from 2003 - 2010 in a single center in Italy

VARIABLE

AOR (95% CI)

p value

Age in 10 y intervals

1.26 (0.95-1.69)

0.1

Female sex

0.60 (0.20-1.78)

0.4

PVE early recurrence

0.88 (0.30-2.59)

0.8

PVE late recurrence

2.12 (0.80-5.58)

0.1

Intravenous drug use

0.60 (0.14-2.57)

0.5

Health care associated IE

3.35 (1.27-8.78)

0.01

CoNS – associated IE

0.50 (0.09-2.78)

0.4

Staphylococcus aureus

3.83 (0.95-15.44)

0.058

Viridans group streptococci

1.26 (0.33-4.77)

0.7

Others*

1.98 (0.58-6.80)

0.3

Mitral valve involvement

1.33 (0.53-3.30)

0.5

Complications**

5.58 (1.79-17.31)

0.003

Surgery

0.38 (0.16-0.94)

0.04

  1. CoNS, Coagulase-negative staphilococci; MSSA, Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; PVE, prosthetic valve endocarditis.
  2. *Others: Enterococcus spp, Fungi/Yeast, Gram-negative bacteria, polymicrobial.
  3. **Complications: heart failure, renal failure, stroke, non stroke embolization, intracardiac abscess, septic shock, arrhythmias.