Table 2 Characteristics of IE patients depending on blood culture status

Age, mean (years)

57.17 (15.59)

53.61 (12.80)

0.073

Sex, male, %

78.07

65.59

0.046

BMI, mean (kg/m²)

25.45 (4.48)

25.91 (5.65)

0.531

PVE, %

21.51

19.30

0.694

Aortic valve IE, %

38.60

41.94

0.626

Mitral valve IE, %

32.46

22.58

0.116

Aortic and mitral valve IE, %

18.42

29.03

0.072

Left heart side IE, %

89.47

95.70

0.095

Intravenous drug injection history, %

12.28

4.30

0.043

Haemodynamically stable, %

88.60

92.47

0.348

Left ventricle ejection fraction, mean, %

55.24 (11.19)

55.77 (9.18)

0.714

Euroscore II risk, mean, %

7.35

6.80

0.595