Table 2.

Comparison of SSIs between patients with DM and patients without DM

Variable	With DM, n (%)	Without DM, n (%)	p value
SSIs total	20 (6.0%)	52 (4.4%)	0.31
Early	11 (3.3%)	24 (2.0%)	0.26
Late	9 (2.7%)	28 (2.4%)	0.91
Type of SSIs
Superficial	10 (3.0%)	34 (2.9%)	1.00
Deep	10 (3.0%)	18 (1.5%)	0.13

SSIs surgical site infections, DM diabetes mellitus