Table 1. Association of demographical features with SSI.
SSI: surgical site infection
| Variables | Categories | Number of patients | p-value | |
| With SSI (n (%)) | Without SSI (n (%)) | |||
| Age | 18-40 | 11 (19.3%) | 46 (80.7%) | 0.016 |
| 41-70 | 29 (38.7%) | 46 (61.3%) | ||
| Gender | Male | 17 (27%) | 46 (73%) | 0.428 |
| Female | 23 (33.3%) | 46 (66.7%) | ||
| Education | No formal education | 9 (64.3%) | 5 (35.7%) | 0.001 |
| Matriculation | 9 (50%) | 9 (50%) | ||
| Higher secondary | 3 (14.3%) | 18 (85.7%) | ||
| Graduation | 8 (16.3%) | 41 (83.7%) | ||
| Postgraduation | 11 (36.7%) | 19 (63.3%) | ||
| Residential area | Rural | 22 (37.9%) | 36 (62.1%) | 0.091 |
| Urban | 18 (24.3%) | 56 (75.7%) | ||
| BMI | 18.5-24.99 | 13 (35.1%) | 24 (64.9%) | 0.042 |
| 25-29.99 | 23 (36.5%) | 40 (63.5%) | ||
| >30 | 4 (12.5%) | 28 (87.5%) | ||
| Comorbid | Diabetes | 9 (24.3%) | 28 (75.7%) | 0.315 |
| Hypertension | 6 (37.5%) | 10 (62.5%) | ||
| Chronic liver disease | 5 (31.3%) | 11 (68.8%) | ||
| Chronic kidney disease | 3 (23.1%) | 10 (76.9%) | ||
| Chronic heart disease | 9 (40.9%) | 13 (59.1%) | ||
| Tuberculosis | 1 (7.7%) | 12 (92.3%) | ||
| Immunosuppressive medications | 4 (40%) | 6 (60%) | ||
| No comorbidity | 3 (60%) | 2 (40%) | ||
| Smoking history | None | 10 (58.8%) | 7 (41.2%) | 0.00 |
| Former | 23 (37.7%) | 38 (62.3%) | ||
| Current | 7 (13%) | 47 (87%) | ||
| Previous surgical history | Yes | 31 (43.7%) | 40 (56.3%) | 0.00 |
| No | 9 (14.8%) | 52 (85.2%) | ||