Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

	Total (percent of total with characteristic)	Graft infection rate with characteristic	Graft Infection rate without characteristic	p-value
Patients	496	3.8%	-	-
Obese (BMI>30)	90 (18%)	3.7%	3.9%	0.7
Female gender	206 (42%)	6.8%	1.7%	<0.01
Emergent	48 (10%)	4.2%	3.8%	0.6
Coronary Artery Disease	187 (38%)	3.7%	3.8%	0.7
Diabetes Mellitus	230 (46%)	6.5%	1.9%	<0.01
Hypertension	368 (74%)	3.8%	3.9%	0.7
Chronic Renal Insufficiency	78 (16%)	6.4%	3.3%	0.05
Former Smoker	180 (36%)	3.8%	3.8%	0.9
Current Smoker	186 (38%)	2.7%	4.5%	0.4