Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Variable	Incisional hernia	Non-incisional hernia controls	P-value*
	(n= 10)	(n= 10)
Age ± SEM (range)	61 ± 4 (42–72)	55 ± 3 (43–69)	0.19
Male sex	7	7	1.00
Smokers	3	2	1.00
Alcoholics	0	2	0.47
Obesity (body mass index >29)	2	5	0.35
Diabetes	0	0	1.00
Hyperlipidaemia	1	1	1.00

^*Student’s t-test or Fisher’s exact test