Skip to main content

Table 1 Demographics of included patients

From: Incidence and risk factors of surgical site infection following colorectal surgery in China: a national cross-sectional study

Variables

Total

Non-SSI group

SSI group

p value

N (%)

1046 (100%)

972 (92.9%)

74 (7.1%)

 

Age, years, median (IQR)

59.0 (52.0–70.0)

62.0 (53.0–70.0)

60.5 (50.0–71.0)

0.841

Gender (%)

   

0.302

 Male

619 (59.2%)

571 (58.7%)

48 (64.9%)

 

 Female

427 (40.8%)

401 (41.3%)

26 (35.1%)

 

BMI, median (IQR)

23.0 (20.3–25.4)

23.0 (20.3–25.2)

23.9 (19.9–26.3)

0.421

Comorbidity (%)

 Diabetes mellitus

128 (12.2%)

115 (11.8%)

13 (17.6%)

0.147

 Hypertension

257 (24.6%)

229 (23.6%)

28 (37.8%)

0.006

 Chronic liver disease

20 (1.9%)

20 (2.1%)

0 (0%)

0.390

 Chronic kidney disease

9(0.9%)

9 (0.9%)

0 (0%)

1.00

 Chronic heart disease

40 (3.8%)

34 (3.5%)

6 (8.1%)

0.057

 Tuberculosis

5 (0.5%)

3 (0.3%)

2 (2.7%)

0.043

 Steroid use

9 (0.9%)

8 (0.8%)

1 (1.4%)

0.485

 Immunosuppressive medication

11 (1.1%)

9 (0.9%)

2 (2.7%)

0.180

Smoking history (%)

   

0.980

 No

839 (80.2%)

780 (80.2%)

59 (79.7%)

 

 Former

45 (4.3%)

42 (4.3%)

3 (4.1%)

 

 Current

162 (15.5%)

150 (15.4%)

12 (16.2%)

 

Hemoglobin, g/dl (%)

   

0.183

  ≥ 11

762 (72.8%)

713 (73.4%)

49 (66.2%)

 

  < 11

284 (27.2%)

259 (26.6%)

25 (33.8%)

 

Albumin, g/dl (%)

   

< 0.001

  ≥ 3.5

815 (77.9%)

773 (79.5%)

42 (56.8%)

 

  < 3.5

231 (22.1%)

199 (20.5%)

32 (43.2%)

 

Blood glucose, mg/dl (%)

   

0.025

  < 80

181 (17.3%)

168 (17.3%)

13 (17.6%)

 

 80 ~ 150

771 (73.7%)

723 (74.4%)

48 (64.9%)

 

  > 150

94 (9.0%)

81 (8.3%)

13 (17.6%)

 

LPS, day, median (IQR)

6 (3.5–9.0)

6 (3–9)

7.5 (4–9)

0.130

  1. IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index, LPS Length of preoperative stay