03 April 2023>: Clinical Research
Evaluation of a Previously Developed Predictive Model for Infective Endocarditis in 320 Patients Presenting with Fever at 4 Centers in Japan Between January 2018 and December 2020
Shun Yamashita 1ABCDEF* , Masaki Tago 1ACDEF , Yoshinori Tokushima 1BCDF , Yukinori Harada 2ABD , Yudai Suzuki 2ABCD , Yuki Aizawa 2ABCD , Taiju Miyagami 3ABCD , Fumiaki Sano 3ABCD , Yosuke Sasaki 4ABCD , Fumiya Komatsu 4ABCD , Taro Shimizu 2BCD , Toshio Naito 3BCD , Yoshihisa Urita 4BCD , Shu-ichi Yamashita 1BCDEDOI: 10.12659/MSM.939640
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939640
Table 6 Subgroup analysis to improve the performance of the prediction model.
Total | IE | UF | AUC | 95%CI | |
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The present study | 320 | 119 | 201 | 0.783 | 0.732–0.834 |
Types of cardiac valve | |||||
Native valve | 267 | 83 | 184 | 0.820 | 0.768–0.872 |
Prosthetic valve | 49 | 36 | 13 | 0.573 | 0.377–0.768 |
Immunosuppression state | |||||
Presence | 39 | 10 | 29 | 0.679 | 0.505–0.854 |
Absence | 281 | 109 | 172 | 0.795 | 0.742–0.849 |
Complication | |||||
With glomerulonephritis | 95 | 47 | 48 | 0.712 | 0.608–0.815 |
Without glomerulonephritis | 191 | 58 | 133 | 0.822 | 0.760–0.884 |
IE – infective endocarditis; UF – undiagnosed fever; AUC – area under the curve; CI – confidence interval. The number of patients is described in total, IE, and UF group. |