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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Prolonged antibiotic prophylaxis use in elective orthopaedic surgery – a cross-sectional analysis

Characteristics

SAP (N = 1137)

PSAP (N = 155)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

Age (years)

58 (14)

63 (12)

< 0.001

1.03 (1.02 to 1.04)

Sex (female)

603 (53%)

79 (51%)

0.67

0.92 (0.66 to 1.29)

Active Smoking

206 (18%)

17 (11%)

0.031

0.56 (0.33 to 0.94)

Alcohol intake > 2 units/ daya

32 (2.8%)

3 (1.9%)

0.45

0.68 (0.21 to 2.25)

BMI (kg/m^2)

27 (4.8)

29 (5.6)

< 0.001

1.06 (1.03 to 1.10)

bLung Disease

101 (8.9%)

27 (17%)

0.002

2.16 (1.36 to 3.44)

 COPD

17 (1.5%)

5 (3.2%)

0.17

2.20 (0.80 to 6.04)

 Asthma

36 (3.2%)

13 (8.4%)

0.005

2.80 (1.45 to 5.41)

 Other severe lung disease

56 (4.9%)

17 (11%)

0.005

2.38 (1.34 to 4.21)

Congestive or ischemic heart disease

67 (5.9%)

16 (10%)

0.05

1.84 (1.04 to 3.26)

Liver disease

10 (0.88%)

0 (0.00%)

0.62

0.00 (0.00 to 2.81)

Renal insufficiency

9 (0.79%)

2 (1.3%)

0.63

1.64 (0.35 to 7.65)

Diabetes

72 (6.3%)

9 (5.8%)

1.00

0.91 (0.45 to 1.86)

Cerebrovascular disease (TIA or CVI)

35 (3.1%)

10 (6.5%)

0.06

2.17 (1.05 to 4.48)

ASA (calculated)

  

< 0.001

1.65 (1.30 to 2.09)

 1

406 (36%)

37 (24%)

  

 2

537 (47%)

70 (45%)

  

 3

192 (17%)

48 (31%)

  

 4

1 (0.09%)

0 (0.00%)

  

Type of Surgery

  

< 0.001

 

 Spine

206 (18%)

33 (21%)

 

1.22 (0.81 to 1.85)

 Hip

413 (36%)

11 (7.1%)

 

0.13 (0.07 to 0.25)

 Upper extremity

95 (8.4%)

3 (1.9%)

 

0.22 (0.07 to 0.69)

 Knee

283 (25%)

101 (65%)

 

5.64 (3.95 to 8.06)

 Foot

140 (12%)

7 (4.5%)

 

0.34 (0.15 to 0.73)

  1. Footnote: Numbers are shown as mean (sd) or n (%)
  2. aAlcohol intake, 1 “unit” corresponds to approximately 2 cl of liquor, 1 dl of wine or 3 dl of regular beer; BMI, body mass index
  3. bLung disease: multiple answers per patient were possible, e.g. presence of Asthma and a different severe lung disease in the same patient
  4. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, TIA transient ischemic attack, CVI cerebrovascular insult, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists