Inherited Variation in Cytokine, Acute Phase Response, and Calcium Metabolism Genes Affects Susceptibility to Infective Endocarditis

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population.

	Controls	Cases	Total	value
Number of subjects	300 (70.92%)	123 (29.07%)	423 (100.00%)
Median age with 95% CI	55.00 (53.00–56.00)	50.00 (48.00–53.00)	53.00 (52.00–55.00)	0.12
Interquartile range	44–62	37–59	42–61
Males	190 (63.00%)	77 (63.00%)	267 (63.12%)	0.99
Females	110 (37.00%)	46 (37.00%)	156 (36.88%)

CI: confidence interval.