Table 4 Echocardiography results of 313 patients

 No vegetation

39 (12.5)

6 (6.2)

33 (15.3)

2.735

1.106

6.764

0.024

 Left cardiac valve

199 (63.6)

60 (61.9)

139 (64.4)

1.113

0.678

1.827

0.671

 Mitral valve

105 (33.5)

30 (30.9)

75 (34.7)

1.188

0.711

1.986

0.511

 Aortic valve

72 (23.0)

23 (23.7)

49 (22.7)

0.944

0.536

1.663

0.842

 Mitral and aortic valve

22 (7.0)

7 (7.2)

15 (6.9)

0.959

0.378

2.434

0.931

 Right cardiac valve

60 (19.2)

25 (25.8)

35 (16.2)

0.557

0.311

0.996

0.047

 Tricuspid valve

56 (17.9)

24 (24.7)

32 (14.8)

0.529

0.292

0.959

0.034

 Pulmonary valve

4 (1.3)

1 (1.0)

3 (1.4)

1.352

0.139

13.166

0.777

 Both left and right cardiac valve

9 (2.9)

2 (2.1)

7 (3.2)

1.591

0.324

7.802

0.833

 Peripheral abscess

14 (4.5)

5 (5.2)

9 (4.2)

0.800

0.261

2.453

0.924

 Severe regurgitation

190 (60.7)

57 (58.8)

133 (61.6)

1.124

0.690

1.833

0.638