The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 2 Logistic regression analysis for significant variables associated with ARA

From: Prevalence and predictors of aortic root abscess among patients with left-sided infective endocarditis: a cross-sectional comparative study

	OR	95% CI	p value
Aortic PVL	3.9	1.2–13.0	0.03
Mechanical prosthesis	3.6	1.5–8.7	0.005
Aortic vegetations	3.0	1.2–8.0	0.02
Undetected organism	2.3	1.1–4.6	0.02
Mitral vegetations	0.2	0.08–0.5	0.001

CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, PVL paravalvular leakage

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