Table 3 Mean scores with associated standard deviations (SD) compared for patients with 'ongoing infection needing relaparotomy' (n = 71) and patients with 'no ongoing infection, not needing relaparotomy' (n = 150).

16.1 (4.8)

15.8 (4.0)

0.50 (0.42 to 0.58)

40.2 (12.3)

36.0 (11.3)

0.59 (0.51 to 0.67)

26.8 (6.9)

26.5 (7.9)

0.51 (0.43 to 0.59)

7.3 (3.8)

6.4 (3.4)

0.57 (0.49 to 0.65)

6.8 (3.8)

5.8 (3.4)

0.60 (0.52 to 0.69)

-0.17 (2.2)

-0.93 (2.3)

0.58 (0.50 to 0.66)

5.0 (3.0)

4.3 (2.7)

0.56 (0.48 to 0.64)

4.2 (3.0)

3.7 (2.6)

0.54 (0.45 to 0.63)

-0.48 (1.8)

-0.60 (1.8)

0.52 (0.43 to 0.60)

8.3 (4.6)

6.6 (3.6)

0.61 (0.52 to 0.69)

6.8 (3.7)

5.9 (3.2)

0.56 (0.47 to 0.65)

-1.03 (3.7)

-0.64 (3.7)

0.55 (0.46 to 0.63)