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

Table 3 Variables associated with all-cause, in-hospital mortality^a

Characteristic	Unadjusted OR 95%CI	P-value	Adjusted OR 95%CI	P-value
Elevated troponin	6.1 (2.9–12.9)	< 0.001	7.3 (3.3–15.9)	< 0.001
Severe Sepsis/Shock	9.8 (4.3–22.3)	< 0.001	Not Tested	–
Acute renal failure	7.2 (3.3–16.3)	< 0.001	Not Tested	–
Septic emboli	3.0 (1.3–6.6)	0.005	Not Tested	–
Left-sided IE	2.6 (1.3–5.4)	0.006	Not Tested	–
Atrial Fibrillation	2.2 (0.89–5.7)	0.09	2.7 (0.97–7.8)	0.06
Age greater than 40 years	1.9 (0.95–4.1)	0.07	2.0 (0.9–4.6)	0.09
MRSA IE	1.8 (0.9–3.7)	0.12	2.6 (1.2–5.8)	0.02
Heart failure	0.97 (0.42–2.3)	0.95	Not Tested	–
Valve surgery	0.85 (0.81–0.9)	0.01	Not Tested	–

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