Prognostic Value of a Novel Parameter in Patients with Infective Endocarditis

Table 2

Multivariable logistic regression of in-hospital mortality for patients with infective endocarditis.

Variables	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis			Forest plot
	HR	95% CI	value	HR	95% CI	value
Age	10.417	1.351-80.469	0.004	11.334	1.035-124.067	0.047
Surgery	6.438	2.371-17.478	<0.001	4.137	1.231-13.902	0.022
WBC	4.103	1.544-10.900	0.008
Neutrophil	4.645	1.740-12.401	0.003
LWR	6.005	2.196-16.420	<0.001
LDH	5.654	1.257-25.438	0.012
CK	5.467	1.865-16.025	0.001	4.231	1.215-14.735	0.023
UREA	7.571	2.759-20.782	<0.001	3.417	1.020-11.443	0.046
CREA	3.785	1.435-9.980	0.008
L-LWR	8.398	3.017-23.377	<0.001	4.558	1.362-15.256	0.014

CI: confidence interval; CK: creatine kinase; CREA: creatinine; HR: hazard ratio; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; LWR: lymphocyte-to-white blood cell ratio; L-LWR: LDH-to LWR; UREA: urea nitrogen; WBC: white blood cell.