Table 1.

Variables for the chlorhexidine and alcohol treatment groups with P values

	Chlorhexidine solution (n = 79)	Isopropyl alcohol 70% (n = 78)	P value
Age (months)	12 (7–24)	12 (8–24)	0.3977
Weight (kg)	2.6 (2.2–2.9)	2.7 (2.1–3.2)	0.0921
Weight <2.3 kg	20 (25)	21 (27)	0.8188
BCS	4.4 ± 0.7	4.5 ± 0.7	0.4102
BCS <4	4 (5)	4 (5)	0.9852
Postinduction temperature (°F)	101.5 (100.7–102.3)	101.9 (101.0–102.7)	0.1872
Incision size (cm)	1 (1–1.5)	1 (1–1.5)	0.8068
Flank incision	11 (14)	9 (12)	0.6540

Median (interquartile range) for non-normally distributed data; mean ± SD for normally distributed data; or n (% of total). All variables were not different between groups

BCS = body condition score