Variable | Total | Early-period Group | Later-period Group | OR | 95%CI | P | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 313 | N = 97 | N = 216 | lower | upper | |||
Treatment regimen | |||||||
 Antibiotic plus surgery | 187 (59.7) | 57 (58.8) | 130 (60.2) | 1.061 | 0.652 | 1.727 | 0.812 |
 Early surgery | 160 (51.1) | 48 (49.5) | 112 (51.9) | 1.099 | 0.681 | 1.775 | 0.698 |
 Late surgery | 27 (8.6) | 9 (9.3) | 18 (8.3) | 0.889 | 0.384 | 2.056 | 0.783 |
 Death | 35 (11.2) | 13 (13.4) | 22 (10.2) | 0.733 | 0.352 | 1.523 | 0.404 |
 Acute heart failure | 14 (4.5) | 4 (4.1) | 10 (4.6) | 1.129 | 0.345 | 3.692 | 0.924 |
 Cerebrovascular events | 10 (3.2) | 3 (3.1) | 7 (3.2) | 1.049 | 0.266 | 4.147 | 0.781 |
 Septic shock and multiple organ failure | 9 (2.9) | 5 (5.2) | 4 (1.9) | 0.347 | 0.091 | 1.322 | 0.211 |
 Others | 2 (0.6) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (0.5) | 0.447 | 0.028 | 7.213†| 0.524†|