Table 6. Incidence of positive drain tip cultures in relation to patient characteristics and preexisting conditions.
No statistically significant correlations were observed. All p-values are considered significant if p < 0.05.
| SSI | No-SSI | p-value | ||
| Gender | Male | 3 | 229 | 0.2223 |
| Female | 5 | 875 | ||
| Age | Above 65 | 4 | 588 | 0.5143 |
| Under 65 | 4 | 473 | ||
| Hypertension | Hypertensive | 4 | 458 | 0.4188 |
| Non-hypertensive | 4 | 673 | ||
| Diabetes | Diabetic | 1 | 104 | 0.5583 |
| Non-diabetic | 7 | 973 | ||
| BMI | Normal BMI | 4 | 476 | 0.4603 |
| Abnormal BMI | 4 | 650 | ||
| Steroid use | Steroid user | 0 | 21 | 0.8558 |
| Non-steroid user | 8 | 1064 | ||