Table 4. Multivariate analysis of clinical factors of PVE associated with in-hospital mortality without considering “septic shock”.

	OR	CI 95%	p-value
Age, years	1.07	.99–1.01	0.226
Mitral affected	1.36	1.03–1.78	0.026
Age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity, points	1.12	1.05–1.19	<0.001
Staphylococcus aureus	1.86	1.31–2.64	<0.001
Acute heart failure	3.08	2.37–4.01	<0.001
Persistent bacteremia	1.46	.99–1.01	0.055
Acute renal failure	1.82	1.39–2.37	<0.01
Nosocomial	1.35	1.03–1.76	0.028
Intracardiac Abscess	1.66	1.26–2.20	<0.001
Surgery indicated. not performed	2.34	1.75–3.11	<0.001