| |
Odds ratio
|
95% CI
|
p ≤ †
|
|---|
|
Age
|
1.0
|
1.0 – 1.0
|
NS
|
|
HIV infection
|
0.8
|
0.3 – 2.0
|
NS
|
|
Cancer
|
1.10
|
0.7 – 1.9
|
NS
|
|
Chronic liver disease
|
1.4
|
0.9 – 2.2
|
NS
|
|
Mitral vs aortic valve
|
1.0
|
0.7 – 1.3
|
NS
|
|
Prosthetic vs native valve
|
1.8
|
1.2 – 2.9
|
0.011
|
|
Righ-sided IE
|
3.9
|
2.0 – 7.7
|
<0.0001
|
|
Size of vegetation ≥ 13 mm
|
1.9
|
1.3 – 2.6
|
<0.0001
|
|
Staphylococcus aureus
|
2.2
|
1.5 – 3.4
|
<0.0001
|
|
Coagulase-negative staphylococci
|
1.6
|
1.0 – 2.6
|
NS
|
|
Enterococcus spp.
|
0.8
|
0.4 – 1.4
|
NS
|
|
Anticoagulant therapy
|
0.8
|
0.5 – 1.3
|
NS
|
- *N = 1456 IE episodes. Abbreviation:
HIV human immunodeficiency virus.
- †NS, not significant (p > 0.05).
- Bold numbers represent statistically significant differences.
