TABLE 2.

Demographics, Mechanism, Injury Classification, and Treatment

	All Patients	Saline	Gentamicin	P	Test
N	100	55	45
Age, mean (SD)	33.58 (12)	32.54 (11)	34.86 (14)	0.35	Two sample t test
Sex				0.14	Fisher exact
Male	80 (80.0)	47 (85)	33 (73)
Female	20 (20.0)	8 (15)	12 (27)
BMI, mean (SD)	25.01 (3.8)	24.66 (3.6)	25.43 (4)	0.33	Two sample t test
Smoking status				0.80	Fisher exact
Current smoker	17 (17)	9 (16)	8 (18)
Former smoker	5 (5)	2 (4)	3 (7)
Nonsmoker	78 (78)	44 (80)	34 (76)
Alcohol consumption				0.68	Fisher exact
No	58 (59)	30 (57)	28 (62)
Yes	40 (41)	23 (43)	17 (38)
Diabetes status				0.25	Fisher exact
Yes	1 (1)	1 (2)	0 (0)
No	96 (96)	51 (93)	45 (100)
Unknown/never tested	3 (3)	3 (5)	0 (0)
HIV/AIDS status				1.00	Fisher exact
No	91 (91)	50 (91)	41 (91)
Unknown/never tested	9 (9.0)	5 (9)	4 (9)
Educational attainment				0.097	Fisher exact
None	3 (3)	0 (0)	3 (7)
Standard I-VII	44 (44)	22 (40)	22 (49)
Form 1-4	42 (42)	24 (44)	18 (40)
Form 5 and 6	1 (1)	1 (2)	0 (0)
College or university	10 (10)	8 (15)	2 (4)
Working for pay				0.84	Fisher exact
No	58 (58)	31 (56)	27 (60)
Yes	42 (42)	24 (44)	18 (40)
Mechanism of injury				0.66	Fisher exact
Road traffic injury	84 (85)	47 (87)	37 (82)
Fall	5 (5)	3 (6)	2 (4)
Crush injury	5 (5)	3 (6)	2 (4)
Gunshot	2 (2)	0 (0)	2 (4)
Other	3 (3)	1 (2)	2 (4)
Gustilo-Anderson classification				0.19	Fisher exact
I	3 (3)	0 (0)	3 (7)
II	22 (22)	13 (24)	9 (20)
IIIA	75 (75)	42 (76)	33 (73)
Type of fixation				0.83	Fisher exact
Intramedullary nail	53 (53)	30 (55)	23 (51)
External fixation	46 (46)	24 (44)	22 (49)
Cast	1 (1)	1 (2)	0 (0)