Table 1 Patient characteristics at time of cardiac valve surgery stratified by occurrence of subsequent PVE
From: Healthcare exposures and associated risk of endocarditis after open-heart cardiac valve surgery
Clinical parameters at index cardiac valve surgery admission | Total cohort (n = 23,720) | PVE cohort (n = 1266) | No PVE cohort (n = 22,454) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | 15,050 (63.4%) | 873 (69%) | 14,177 (63.1%) |  < 0.001 |
Age, median years (IQR) | 72.9 (64.7–79) | 72 (62.9–78.2) | 72.9 (64.9–79) |  < 0.001 |
Private hospital | 11,891 (50.1%) | 601 (47.5%) | 11,290 (50.3%) | 0.055 |
Admitted from ED | 18,361 (77.4%) | 999 (78.9%) | 17,362 (77.3%) | 0.201 |
LOS, median days (IQR) | 13 (9–24) | 13 (9–23) | 13 (9–24) | 0.271 |
ICU admission | 20,420 (86.1%) | 1084 (85.6%) | 19,336 (86.1%) | 0.654 |