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. 2000 Feb 26;145(3):813–822. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000006609

Table 6.

Multivariate Risk Factors Associated with Failure

Odds Ratio 95% CI p
60-Day failure
 African American race 3.46 [1.23, 9.70] 0.02*
 Former smoker 3.04 [1.01, 9.14] <0.05*
 Current smoker 0.21 [0.04, 1.22] 0.08
 Diabetic ulcer 1.33 [0.23, 7.57] 0.75
 Pressure ulcer 8.28 [0.85, 81.03] 0.07
 Surgical site wound 0.87 [0.16, 4.81] 0.88
 Traumatic wound 0.40 [0.06, 2.84] 0.36
 Vascular ulcer 0.16 [0.02, 1.38] 0.10
 Wound age 1.54 [1.24, 1.91] <0.01*
120-Day failure
 African American race 2.33 [1.07, 5.11] 0.03*
 Diabetes mellitus 1.85 [0.84, 4.08] 0.13
 Preoperative wound infection 1.55 [0.61, 3.91] 0.36
 Bone excision 2.56 [0.90, 7.33] 0.08
 Wound age 1.20 [1.05, 1.38] 0.01*
180-Day failure
 Government insurance 2.12 [1.15, 3.10] 0.02*
 African American race 2.07 [1.24, 2.91] 0.01*
 Tendon exposure 2.09 [1.18, 2.99] 0.02*
 Bone exposure 1.27 [0.03, 2.50] 0.68
 Preoperative wound infection 1.24 [0.22, 2.26] 0.64
 Bone excision 1.91 [0.33, 3.47] 0.26
 Wound age 1.32 [1.14, 1.51] <0.01*

*p < 0.05.