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Table 3 Sub-group analysis for patients requiring NPWT

From: Abdominal wall complications following renal transplantation in adult recipients – factors associated with interventional management in one unit

 

NPWT

Yes (n = 17)

No (n = 47)

p-value

Age

54.71 ± 9.45

54.85 ± 0.73

p = 0.642

BMI

32.45 ± 4.93

29.40 ± 4.94

p = 0.058

Years of dialysis

4.53 ± 3.00

5.26 ± 4.06

p = 0.746

Glucose (mmol/L)

8.17 ± 2.99

5.96 ± 1.69

p = 0.021

Duration of NPWT (days)

44.75 ± 29.68

N/A

N/A

Time to healing (days)

70.36 ± 34.33

32.93 ± 25.02

p = 0.001

BMI

Quartile 1

0 (0.0%)

12 (29.3%)

p = 0.051

Quartile 2

6 (42.9%)

7 (17.1%)

Quartile 3

3 (21.4%)

12 (29.3%)

Quartile 4

5 (35.77%)

10 (24.4%)

Sex

Male

11 (64.7%)

29 (61.7%)

p = 0.826

Female

6 (35.3%)

18 (38.3%)

Type of dialysis

Predialysis

1 (5.9%)

3 (6.5%)

p = 0.744

Haemodialysis

14 (82.4%)

34 (73.9%)

Peritoneal dialysis

2 (11.8%)

9 (19.6%)

Smoker

7/14 (50.0%)

9/27 (33.3%)

p = 0.300

Diabetes mellitus

10/17 (58.8%)

14/46 (30.4%)

p = 0.039

Peripheral vascular disease

4/17 (23.5%)

6/47 (12.8%)

p = 0.295

Type of donor

Living

1 (5.9%)

9 (19.1%)

p = 0.106

Brain death

14 (82.4%)

25 (53.2%)

Cardiac death

2 (11.8%)

13 (27.7%)

Delayed graft function

9/17 (52.9%)

21/47 (44.7%)

p = 0.559

Post-operative dialysis

8/17 (47.1%)

20/47 (42.6%)

p = 0.748

Infection

16/17 (94.1%)

28/47 (59.6%)

p = 0.008

Wound collection

8/17 (47.1%)

23/47 (48.9%)

p = 0.894

  1. Bold typeface was used to distinguish significant (p<0.05) results