Table 2 Patients factors associated with Surgical Site Infection (SSI) at Bugando Medical Centre
Variable | SSI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes n (%) N = 65 | No n (%) N = 185 | P value | OR | 95% CI | |
Age in years | |||||
< 21 | 12 (18.5%) | 49 (26.4%) | 1 | ||
21-40 | 18 (27.6%) | 59 (32.9%) | 0.60 | 1.24 | 0.54-2.83 |
41-60 | 21 (32.3%) | 47 (25.4%) | 0.15 | 1.82 | 0.81-4.11 |
> 61 | 14 (21.5%) | 30 (16.2%) | 0.16 | 1.91 | 0.78-4.66 |
Sex | |||||
Female | 26 (40%) | 108 (58.3%) | 1 | ||
Male | 39 (60%) | 77 (42.7%) | 0.01 | 2.12 | 1.19-3.70 |
Pre-morbidity | |||||
None Diabetes | 25(38.5%) 9 (13.8%) | 167 (90.3) 1 (0.5%) | < 0.001 0.001 | 0.072 29.6 | 0.03-0.17 4.3-281 |
Hypertension | 15(23.1%) | 13 (7.0%) | 0.002 | 4.0 | 2.1-10.8 |
HIV/AIDS | 7 (10.7%) | 2 (1.0%) | < 0.001 | 11.0 | 2.6-64.2 |
Pre-morbidity | |||||
Absent | 26 (40%) | 168 (90.8%) | 1 | ||
Present | 39 (60%) | 17 (9.2%) | < 0.001 | 14.8 | 7.3-29.95 |
Smoking | |||||
No | 37 (56.9%) | 180 (97.3%) | 1 | ||
Yes | 28 (43.1%) | 5 (2.7%) | < 0.001 | 27 | 9.87-75.2 |