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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of infective endocarditis patients who survived and died

From: Elevated troponin level as a predictor of inpatient mortality in patients with infective endocarditis in the Southeast United States

Characteristic n (%) or median (IQR)

Total Population n = 283

Died in Hospital n = 36

Alive n = 247

P-value

Patient Characteristics

 Age, years

41 (30–57)

46 (33–63)

40 (29–56)

0.14

 Sex, male

153 (54%)

24 (67%)

129 (52%)

0.10

Comorbidities

 HIV/AIDS

4 (1%)

0

4 (62%)

1.0

 Injection drug use

164 (58%)

24 (67%)

140 (57%)

0.26

 Hepatitis C virus

110 (39%)

7 (19%)

103 (42%)

0.01

 Diabetes mellitus

40 (14%)

5 (14%)

35 (14%)

0.96

 Heart failure

64 (23%)

8 (22%)

56 (23%)

1.0

 Atrial fibrillation

31 (110%)

7 (19%)

24 (10%)

0.09

 Hemodialysis

15 (5%)

0

15 (6%)

0.23

 Acute renal failure/hemodialysis

99 (35%)

27 (75%)

72 (29%)

< 0.001

 Septic shock

93 (33%)

28 (78%)

65 (26%)

< 0.001

 Troponin obtained

212 (75%)

33 (92%)

179 (73%)

0.01

Infection Characteristics and Outcomes

 Septic Emboli

151 (54%)

27 (75%)

124 (50%)

0.005

 Left-sided IE

86 (30%)

18 (50%)

68 (28%)

0.01

 IE Valve Surgery

44 (16%)

0

44 (18%)

0.01

 MRSA IE

91 (32%)

16 (44%)

75 (30%)

0.09

 LAMA

24 (9%)

0

24 (10%)

0.05