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Table 1 Demographic information of patients with acute PJI treated with DAIR

From: The role of fibrinogen in predicting reinfection after DAIR for periprosthetic joint infections

Characteristic

Reinfection

P value

Yes (n = 11)

No (n = 12)

Age (y)

63.18 ± 8.62

63.75 ± 11.89

0.898

Gender

  

0.912

 Male

2 (18.2%)

3 (25.0%)

 

 Female

9 (81.8%)

9 (75.0%)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

25.32 ± 4.88

26.61 ± 4.06

0.499

Involved joint

  

0.296

 Knee

6 (54.5%)

10 (83.3%)

 

 Hip

5 (45.5%)

2 (16.7%)

 
  1. All quantitative data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation
  2. PJI Periprosthetic joint infection, DAIR Debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention, BMI Body mass index
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