Table 1 Patient characteristics.

	EA group (n=6)	LA group (n=11)	P value
Age	71.3±9.9	65.2±11.5	0.43
Sex (male/female)	4/2	10/1	0.21
Hypertension	4 (66.7%)	7 (63.6%)	0.90
Diabetes mellitus	1 (16.7%)	6 (54.5%)	0.13
Dyslipidemia	0 (0%)	4 (36.4%)	0.09
Coronary artery disease	0 (0%)	3 (27.3%)	0.16
Cerebrovascular disease	1 (16.7%)	1 (9.1%)	0.64
End-stage renal disease	1 (16.7%)	3 (27.3%)	0.62
Smoking	4 (66.7%)	9 (81.8%)	0.48
Steroid	1 (16.7%)	0 (0%)	0.16
Primary disease	AAA 2, ASO 3, Takayasu arteritis 1	AAA 1, ASO 6, Buerger disease 1, Behcet disease 2, acute thromboembolism 1

EA: early antibiotic; LA: late antibiotic; AAA: abdominal aortic aneurysm; ASO: arteriosclerosis obliterans