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. 2015 Jan 27;59(2):831–837. doi: 10.1128/AAC.03949-14

TABLE 4.

PJI rate according to different antibiotic prophylaxis and different subgroups of patients

Patient subgroup (no. of patients) and PJI subgroup No. (%) of patients with PJI
P valuea
C group (n = 995) CT group (n = 791)
BMI of <30 kg/m2 (n = 960)b
    PJI 13 (2.6) 8 (1.8) 0.383
    PJI due to GPc 9 (1.8) 6 (1.3) 0.558
BMI of ≥30 kg/m2 (n = 822)b
    PJI 22 (4.5) 2 (0.6) 0.001
    PJI due to GP 20 (4.1) 1 (0.3) 0.001
Duration of surgery of <105 min (n = 1,330)
    PJI 21 (3.0) 8 (1.3) 0.037
    PJI due to GP 20 (2.8) 5 (0.8) 0.007
Duration of surgery of ≥105 min (n = 456)
    PJI 14 (4.9) 2 (1.2) 0.037
    PJI due to GP 9 (3.1) 2 (1.2) 0.223
a

Boldface values indicate statistically significant differences.

b

In 4 cases the BMI was not available.

c

GP, Gram-positive microorganism.