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. 2022 Jul 26;14(7):e27320. doi: 10.7759/cureus.27320

Table 3. Association of preoperative features with SSI.

Variables Categories Patients p-value
With SSI (n (%)) Without SSI (n (%))
Hemoglobin Less than 11 mg/dL 14 (19.7%) 57 (80.3%) 0.004
More than 11 mg/dL 26 (42.6%) 35 (57.4%)
Albumin (g/dL) Less than 3.5 14 (21.9%) 50 (78.1%) 0.041
More than 3.5 26 (38.2%) 42 (61.8%)
Blood glucose (mg/dL) <80 12 (42.9%) 16 (57.1%) 0.011
80-200 22 (36.7%) 38 (63.3%)
>200 6 (13.6%) 38 (86.4%)
Type of urgency Elective 13 (21.3%) 48 (78.7%) 0.037
Emergency 27 (38%) 44 (62%)
Approach Laparoscopy 14 (23.3%) 46 (76.7%) 0.112
Open 26 (36.1%) 46 (63.9%)
Class of wound Clean 10 (35.7%) 18 (64.3%) 0.478
Clean-contaminated 10 (40%) 15 (60%)
Contaminated 6 (27.3%) 16 (72.7%)
Dirty 14 (24.6%) 43 (75.4%)
ASA score 1 8 (50%) 8 (50%) 0.002
2 15 (34.1%) 29 (65.9%)
3 15 (39.5%) 23 (60.5%)
4 2 (5.9%) 32 (94.1%)