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Table 2 Characteristics of infective endocarditis patients with troponin levels

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)

Elevated Troponin Level n = 57

Normal Troponin level n = 155

P-value

Patient Characteristics

 Age, years

44 (30–59)

40 (30–55)

0.5

 Sex, male

27 (47%)

74 (48%)

1.0

Comorbidities

 Injection Drug Use

34 (60%)

90 (58%)

0.84

 Hepatitis C virus

14 (25%)

74 (48%)

< 0.001

 Diabetes mellitus

7 (12%)

22 (14%)

0.72

 Heart failure

17 (30%)

17 (30%)

0.34

 Atrial fibrillation

5 (9%)

21 (14%)

0.35

 Acute Renal failure/Hemodialysis

30 (53%)

50 (32%)

0.007

 Sepsis/septic shock

40 (70%)

43 (28%)

< 0.001

Infection Characteristics and Outcomes

 Septic emboli

49 (86%)

69 (45%)

< 0.001

 Left-sided IE

31 (54%)

37 (24%)

< 0.001

 Valve surgery

16 (28%)

17 (11%)

0.002

 Died in-hospital

19 (33%)

14 (9%)

< 0.001