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. 2025 Jan 1;17(1):e76769. doi: 10.7759/cureus.76769

Table 2. Preoperative risk factors in the study groups.

ASA score: American Society of Anesthesiologists score; AWD: abdominal wound dehiscence; non-AWD: non-abdominal wound dehiscence

Risk factor AWD group (n = 59) Non-AWD group (n = 92) Test statistics p-value
Frequency (%)
Hemoglobin (<10 g/dL) 32 (54.2%) 32 (34.8%) χ² = 4.130 0.044
Serum albumin (<3.5 g/dL) 38 (64.4%) 35 (38.0%) χ² = 4.718 0.032
White blood cell count (>11×10⁹/L) 26 (44.1%) 22 (23.9%) χ² = 5.848 0.015
ASA score (≥3) 18 (30.5%) 12 (13.0%) χ² = 5.427 0.021
Presence of anemia 36 (61.0%) 33 (35.9%) χ² = 10.390 0.011
Preoperative infection 41 (69.5%) 30 (32.6%) χ² = 20.693 <0.001
Nutritional supplementation before surgery 19 (32.2%) 15 (16.3%) χ² = 4.013 0.045