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Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics of the study participants

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Predictors of sternal wound infection post cardiac surgery in a Saudi Centre: a case control study

Variable

SWI Cases (N = 51)

Controls (N = 153)

Overall (N = 204)

p value

Mean(sd)

N(%)

Mean(sd)

N(%)

Age(years)

58.5 (9.00)

 

58.6 (8.95)

 

58.57

 

Gender

      

 Male

 

36 (17)

 

108 (53)

144 (70)

 

 Female

 

15 (7)

 

45 (23)

60 (30)

 

Mortality

 

4 (7.8)

 

6 (3.4)

10 (5)

 

Smoker

 

11 (21)

 

37 (24)

48 (24)

 

Premorbid

      

 (1)

 

37 (73)

 

110 (72)

147 (72)

 

 (2)

 

6 (12)

 

10 (7)

16 (8)

 

Diabetes

 

42 (82)

 

113 (74)

155(76)

 

BMI

32.2 (5.77)

 

29.4 (5.81)

 

30.1 (5.92)

 < 0.05

HbA1ca

8.2 (2.16)

 

7.3 (2.05)

 

7.5 (2.12)

 < 0.05

Procedure

      

 CABG

 

39 (19)

 

110 (54)

162 (73)

 

 CABG + Vlave

 

3 (2)

 

7 (3)

10 (5)

 

 Valve only

 

6 (3)

 

30 (15)

36 (18)

 

 Other

 

4 (2)

 

6 (3)

50 (4)

 

Graft Conduit

     

 < 0.05

 LIMA + SVG

 

33 (16)

 

73 (36)

106 (52)

 

 LIMA + RIMA

 

10 (5)

 

16 (13)

26 (18)

 

 Other grafts

 

1 (0.5)

 

16 (8)

17 (8)

 

 No Graft

 

7(3)

 

38 (19)

41 (22)

 

Inpatient Days*

14 (22)

 

12.0 (8)

 

12 (10)

 < 0.05

EuroSCOREII*

3.4 (2.94)

 

3.4 (3.86)

 

3.4 (3.36)

 

Abx Study

 

35 (69)

 

93 (61)

128 (63)

 

CHG shortage

 

41 (80)

 

110 (72)

151 (74)

 < 0.05

OR Environment

 

41 (80)

 

110 (72)

  

Periop Blood Glucose

174.7 (53.43)

 

155.7 (32.30)

 

160 (39.52)

 < 0.05

Transfusion

     

 < 0.05

 RBCs

 

8 (4)

 

20 (10)

28 (14)

 

 FFP ± Platelets

 

9 (4)

 

28 (14)

37 (18)

 

 RBCs + FFP/Platelets

 

24 (12)

 

43 (21)

67 (33)

 

 No Transfusion

 

10 (5)

 

62 (30)

72 (35)

 

Re exploration

 

14 (7)

 

18 (9)

32 (16)

 < 0.05

Surgery Timea

6.1 (1.33)

 

5.6 (1.8)

 

5.7 (1.71)

 < 0.05

  1. p value given when significant at < .05. *Median(IQR). Premorbid (1) = one premorbid condition, and (2) = two conditions. CHG = Chlorhexidine gluconate skin prep
  2. aMissing data: HbA1c in 16% of cases, controls 19%, surgery time 12% in each group