TABLE 4.
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 |
Boldface values indicate statistically significant differences.
In 4 cases the BMI was not available.
GP, Gram-positive microorganism.