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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2011 May 20;213(2):236–244. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.04.008

Table 2.

Univariate Analysis of Morphometric Measures and Surgical Site Infection Outcomes

Variable Any SSI Superficial incisional SSI Organ space/deep incisional SSI
Without (n = 573) With (n = 82) p Value Without (n = 605) With (n = 50) p Value Without (n = 617) With (n = 38) p Value
BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD 27.6 ± 6.6 27.7 ± 7.1 0.87 27.6 ± 6.7 27.9 ± 5.9 0.73 27.6 ± 6.5 27.7 ± 8.2 0.97
Total AP distance, mm, mean ± SD 147.2 ± 33.3 149.8 ± 35.6 0.52 147.5 ± 33.5 148.4 ± 35.2 0.85 147.3 ± 33.5 151.6 ± 34.5 0.45
Visceral AP distance, mm, mean ± SD 127.3 ± 31.1 127.8 ± 34.5 0.88 127.5 ± 31.4 125.6 ± 34.1 0.70 127.1 ± 31.4 130.5 ± 33.8 0.52
Subcutaneous fat distance, mm, mean ± SD 20.0 ± 9.4 22.0 ± 9.6 0.073 20.0 ± 9.4 22.8 ± 9.5 0.049 20.2 ± 9.5 21.1 ± 9.4 0.58
Normalized subcutaneous fat, %, mean ± SD 13.7 ± 6.0 15.1 ± 6.5 0.048 13.7 ± 6.0 15.8 ± 6.4 0.020 13.8 ± 6.1 14.3 ± 6.4 0.66