Table 2.
Breakdown on studies with patient demographics
| Flynn [32] | Javed [28] | Murphy [26] | Li [31] | Shen [27] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arm | NPWT | Control | NPWT | Control | NPWT | Control | NPWT | Control | NPWT | Control |
| Patients | 96 | 92 | 62 | 61 | 144 | 140 | 33 | 38 | 132 | 133 |
| Age (years) | 64.2 (mn) | 66.8 (mn) | 66.4 (mn) | 66.1 (mn) | 64 (mn) | 64 (mn) | 60.8 (mn) | 58.7 (mn) | 59.5(md) | 62 (md) |
| % Male | 54.2% | 64.1% | 50% | 55.7% | 51.4% | 57.1% | 54.5% | 65.8% | 58.3% | 51.9% |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 30.3 (mn) | 30.4 (mn) | 26.8 (mn) | 25.9 (mn) | 27 (mn) | 28 (mn) | 21.9 (mn) | 22.5 (mn) | 28.1 (md) | 27.6 (md) |
| Diabetes | 22 (22.9%) | 27 (29.3%) | 16 (25.8%) | 19 (31.2%) | 25 (17.4%) | 25 (17.9%) | 2 (5.7%) | 3 (7.9%) | 35(26.5%) | 26(19.5%) |
*mn mean, md median