Table 3.
Comparison between infected and non-infected groups
| Non-Infected | Infected | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | number | % | |||
| Age (Mean ± SD*) | 33.9 ± 9.5 | 37.2 ± 9.5 | 0.33 | |||
| Sex | Male | 19 | 20.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.15 |
| Total | 92 | 92.0% | 8 | 8.0% | ||
| Obesity | Yes | 32 | 34.7% | 6 | 15.7% | 0.02 |
| Total | 92 | 92% | 8 | 8.0% | ||
| Smoking | Yes | 5 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.49 |
| Total | 92 | 92.0% | 8 | 8.0% | ||
| Total leucocytic count | High | 7 | 87.5% | 1 | 12.5% | 0.62 |
| Total | 92 | 92.0% | 8 | 8.0% | ||
| Type of wound | Clean | 80 | 90.9% | 8 | 9.0% | |
| clean contaminated | 12 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Total | 92 | 92.0% | 8 | 8.0% | 0.27 | |
| Dressing type | Transparent dressing | 49 | 98.0% | 1 | 2.0% | |
| Conventional dressing | 43 | 86.0% | 7 | 14.0% | 0.02 | |
| Total | 92 | 92.0% | 8 | 8.0% | ||
*
Denotes standard deviation.