Iraq (N = 318) | Syria (N = 140) | Yemen (N = 100) | p | Total (N = 558) | ||
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n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | N | n (%) | ||
Male | 276 (86.8) | 133 (95.0) | 91 (91.0) | .02 | 557 | 500 (89.6) |
Age (years)a | 34 [27–43] | 26 [21.6–36] | 29 [21.5–32.5] | .001 | 557 | 31 [23–40] |
Diabetes | 16 (5.1) | 4 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | .057 | 527 | 20 (3.8) |
Location of infection | .08 | 455 | ||||
Upper extremity | 31 (14.3) | 32 (23.0) | 21 (21.0) | 84 (18.4) | ||
Lower extremity | 185 (85.6) | 107 (76.9) | 79 (79.0) | 371 (81.5) | ||
Previous surgeriesa | 4 [3–7] | 3 [1–5] | 3 [2–5] | .017 | 426 | 4 [2–6] |
Delay since injuryb | 30 [12–64] | 8 [4–16] | 20 [11–36] | .001 | 466 | 19 [8–40] |
Fixation | .89 | 423 | ||||
Internal | 68 (32.9) | 49 (37.4) | 29 (34.1) | 146 (34.5) | ||
External | 71 (34.2) | 42 (32.0) | 31 (36.4) | 144 (34.0) | ||
No fixation | 68 (32.9) | 40 (30.5) | 25 (29.4) | 133 (31.4) | ||
Polymicrobial infection | 69 (21.7) | 23 (16.4) | 16 (16.0) | .02 | 558 | 108 (19.3) |