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. 2024 Jul 5;14(7):850. doi: 10.3390/life14070850

Figure 3.

Figure 3

The forest plot shows how obesity affects colorectal resection surgical site infections (SSIs). The red squares represent each study’s odds ratio (OR), with the size reflecting its meta-analysis weight. The 95% odds ratio CIs are horizontal lines next to the red squares. The diamond at the bottom of the plot shows the pooled odds ratio (OR) and 95% CI, which summarizes the combined effect of all studies. Obesity was found to be a significant predictor of SSIs after colorectal resection, with an OR of 1.09 (95% CI: 1.03–1.15) and an I² value of 38% [42,45,46].