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Table 1 Descriptive data of the overall population and the subgroups with and without SSI

From: Impact of surgical site infection on patients’ outcome after fixation of tibial plateau fractures: a retrospective multicenter study

  

SSI group (n = 41)

Non-SSI group (n = 246)

Total (n = 287)

p

  

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 

Age

y

52.1

11.1

50.5

14.2

50.7

13.8

0.4

Weight

kg

85.0

18.2

78.1

18.4

79.2

18.5

0.03

BMI

kg/m²

27.7

5.1

26.7

5.4

26.8

5.4

0.2

  

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Sex

Male

28

68.3 %

113

45.9 %

141

49.1 %

0.01

 

Female

13

31.7 %

133

54.1 %

146

50.9 %

Comorbidities

None

20

48.8 %

136

55.3 %

156

54.4 %

 
 

1–3

17

41.5 %

95

38.6 %

112

39.0 %

 
 

4–5

3

7.3 %

4

1.6 %

7

2.4 %

 
 

≥ 6

1

2.4 %

7

2.9 %

8

2.8 %

0.2

Diabetes mellitus

 

5

12.2 %

16

6.6 %

21

7.3 %

0.3

Immunosuppression

 

1

2.4 %

3

1.2 %

4

1.4 %

 

Smoking

 

16

39.0 %

50

20.3 %

66

23.0 %

0.03

Drug abuse

 

7

17.1 %

12

4.9 %

19

6.6 %

0.01

  1. BMI body mass index, SSI surgical site infection, SD standard deviation