Echocardiographic predictors and associated outcomes of multiple vegetations in infective endocarditis: A pilot study

Table 1 Baseline demographic parameters of the patients with multiple vegetation as compared to single vegetation

Variable	Multiple vegetations (N = 23)	Single vegetation (N = 44)	OR	P value
Gender, n (%)			1	0.98
Female	10 (43.5)	19 (43)
Male	13 (56.5)	25 (57)
Mean age (SD)	50 (20.6)	45 (18.6)	1.01	0.33
Prior IE, n (%)	8 (35)	14 (32)	1.1	0.8
Native valve IE, n (%)	18 (78)	37 (84)	0.68	0.55
TTE (N = 49), n (%)	11 (48)	20 (45)	0.91	0.8
TEE (N = 49), n (%)	18 (78)	30 (68)	1.6	0.54
HR (SD)	105 (18.5)	106 (21.8)	0.99	0.83
LAVI (SD)	32 (11.7)	30 (10.5)	1.01	0.50
PASP (SD)	38 (14.2)	32.5 (10.9)	1.03	0.10

SD: Standard deviation; IE: Infective endocarditis; TTE: Trans thoracic echocardiogram; TEE: Transesophageal echocardiogram; HR: Heart rate; LAVI: Left atrial volume index; PASP: Pulmonary artery systolic pressure; OR: Odds ratio.