Table 3.

Cox proportional hazard models for burst abdomen and wound infection

Burst abdomen	Hazard ratio	p
Short-stitch group	0.1783 (0.0427–0.7435)	0.0179
Duration of fascial closure (min)	1.0821 (0.9933–1.1787)	0.0708
BMI > 30 kg/m2	2.7147 (0.8092–9.1065)	0.1058

Wound infection	Hazard ratio	p
BMI > 30 kg/m2	3.0557 (1.0991–8.4947)	0.0323
Male gender	3.2958 (1.0926–9.9418)	0.0342
Short-stitch group	0.7227 (0.2905–1.7979)	0.4850

Bold value indicates p value < 0.05 significant