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Table 1 Baseline clinical features of the 196 IE patients studied

From: Prognostic value of pro-adrenomedullin and copeptin in acute infective endocarditis

Number

196

Age, yrs., median [range]

62.3 [16–87]

Male gender, number (%)

139 (70.9)

Body Mass Index, kg/m2, median [range]

25.5 [15.4–39.1]

Chronic Heart Failure (prior to IE onset), number (%)

53 (27.0)

Diabetes mellitus, number (%)

34 (17.3)

Liver Disease, number (%)

23 (11.7)

Chronic Kidney Disease, number (%)

26 (13.3)

White blood cells, cells/μL, median [range]

9700 [3520–29,120]

Platelets, cells/μL, median [range]

209,000 [16000–812,000]

Hemoglobin, g/dL, median [range]

10.9 [6.6–17.7]

Creatinine, mg/dL, median [range]

1.0 [0.3–9.5]

Glucose, mg/dL, median [range]

105 [10–337]

Troponin I, ng/mL, median [range]

0.05 [0.0–92.5]

D-Dimer, ng/mL, median [range]

616 [5–16,640]

International Normalised Ratio, median [range]

1.0 [1.0–8.0]

Fibrinogen, mg/dL, median [range]

438.5 [103–1346]

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, mm/h, median [range]

53 [2–124]

C-reactive protein, mg/dL, median [range]

6.1 [0.1–69.0]

Pro-Adrenomedullin, nmol/L, median [range]

1.05 [0.01–13.1]

Procalcitonin, μg/L, median [range]

0.16 [0.02–193.5]

Copeptin, pmol/L, median [range]

12.5 [2.14–389]

Vegetation location, number (%):

Aortic valve

68 (34.7)

Mitral valve

47 (24.0)

Tricuspid/Pulmonary valve

15 (7.7)

Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device

40 (20.4)

Multivalve involvement

22 (11.2)

Other

4 (2.0)

IE subtype, number (%):

Native valve

98 (50.0)

Prosthetic valve

47 (24.0)

Repaired valve

2 (1.0)

Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device

45 (23.0)

Other

4 (2.0)

IE Causative Pathogen, number (%)

Streptococci

62 (31.6)

Coagulase-negative Staphylococci

38 (19.4)

Staphylococcus aureus

31 (15.8)

Negative cultures

28 (14.3)

Enterococci

28 (14.3)

Other pathogens

9 (4.6)

Positive blood culture bottles, number (%)

3.0 [0–12]

Vegetation size (long. dimension), mm, median [range]

14 [< 0.1–46.0]