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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2010 Oct;252(4):696–704. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181f6c2a9

TABLE 5.

Independent Risk Factors for Incisional Surgical Site Infection

Risk Factor Adjusted OR (95% CI)* P
Diabetes 1.87 (1.06, 3.30) 0.031
Type of surgery
 Gastroesophageal Reference
 Hepatopancreatobiliary 0.73 (0.36, 1.50) 0.35
 Small bowel surgery 2.97 (1.30, 6.74) 0.011
 Colorectal 2.13 (0.92, 4.96) 0.085
Laparoscopic approach 0.27 (0.14, 0.52) <0.001
Increasing surgical complexity (per work RVU) 1.034 (1.005, 1.064) 0.018
*

Controlling for age, diabetes, ASA class, significant alcohol use, surgery status (elective vs. emergency), wound class, length of surgery, estimated blood loss, and perioperative normothermia.

OR indicates odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; RVU, relative value unit.