Table 3.

Incidence of surgical site infections with respect to associated factors

		Surgeries performed	Surgical site infection cases		P
			Number	Incidence (%)*
Gender
	Male	467 (76.68%)	67	14.35	0.896
	Female	142 (23.32%)	21	14.79
Age in years
	<20	45	06	13.33
	21-40	288	29	10.07	0 0.000
	41-60	196	34	17.35
	> 60	80	19	23.75
Preoperative hospitalization duration		Surgeries performed	Surgical site infection cases	Incidence (%)*
	< 2 Days	207	15	7.25
	2-5 Days	293	44	15.02	0 0.000
	> 5 days	109	29	26.61
Duration of Surgery		Surgeries performed	Surgical site infection cases	Incidence (%)*
	≤ 60 min	340	31	9.12
	61-120 min	251	47	18.73	0 0.000
	> 120 min	18	10	55.56
Comorbidities
Diabetes		Surgeries performed	Surgical site infection cases	Incidence (%)*
	Present	79	19	24.05	0.009
	Absent	530	69	13.02
Anemia
	Present	71	16	22.53	0.039
	Absent	538	72	13.38
Smoking
	Present	162	28	17.28	0.231
	Absent	447	60	13.42