Table 1.
Demographics.
| Median (IQR) | Sans antibiotics (N = 80) |
Antibiotics (N = 152) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 39 (28-55) | 47 (32-62) | .018 |
| BMI | 27 (23-30) | 27 (24-31) | .8 |
| N (%) | |||
| Laterality | |||
| Left | 40 (50) | 70 (46) | .8 |
| Right | 40 (50) | 81 (53) | |
| Bilateral | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | |
| Sex | .3 | ||
| Male | 41 (51) | 65 (43) | |
| Female | 39 (49) | 87 (57) | |
| Race | .13 | ||
| Non-Hispanic White | 11 (14) | 23 (15) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 23 (29) | 25 (16) | |
| Hispanic | 30 (38) | 70 (46) | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 0 (0) | 5 (3.3) | |
| Other/Unknown | 16 (20) | 29 (19) | |
| Smoker | 24 (31) | 46 (30) | .9 |
| Marijuana user | 21 (30) | 31 (21) | .17 |
| Diabetes | 8 (10) | 17 (11) | 1 |
| CCI | .067 | ||
| 0 | 68 (85) | 108 (72) | |
| 1 | 6 (7.5) | 25 (17) | |
| ≥2 | 6 (7.5) | 18 (12) | |
| Hardware Type | .051 | ||
| Plate/Screw | 60 (75) | 105 (69) | |
| K-wire | 11 (14) | 13 (8.6) | |
| Anchor | 8 (10) | 29 (19) | |
| Plate/Screw/K-wire | 0 (0) | 5 (3.3) | |
| K-wire/Anchor | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0) | |
| Surgeon | <.001 | ||
| 1 | 3 (3.8) | 50 (33) | |
| 2 | 33 (41) | 13 (8.6) | |
| 3 | 1 (1.3) | 38 (25) | |
| 4 | 0 (0) | 45 (29.6) | |
| 5 | 43 (53.8) | 6 (3.9) | |
Note. IQR = interquartile range; BMI = body mass index; CCI = Charlson Comorbidity Index; K-wire = Kirschner wire. A P-value less than .05 is considered statistically significant and bolded.