Table 5.

Patient outcome by study group

Outcome indicators	All patients group	TAC < 48 h group	TAC ≥ 48 h group	p
Patients (no.)	280	112	168
30-Day PFC rate	74 % (208)	91 % (102)	63 % (106)	<0.01*
Interval to PFC (days)a	5 [3–12]	3 [2–3]	9 [5–15]	<0.01
30-Day all-cause mortality rate	15 % (41)	8 % (9)	19 % (32)	0.01*

Numbers in parentheses are the numbers of patients

PFC primary fascial closure, IQR interquartile range

*Fisher’s exact test

^aMedian [IQR]. The median days were estimated using Kaplan–Meier curves and were compared using the log-rank test