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Table 3 Patient characteristics and the incidence of SSI

From: Clinical study of a new skin antiseptic olanexidine gluconate in gastrointestinal cancer surgery

Patient characteristics

SSI− (n = 269)

SSI+ (n = 12)

P value

Mean age (range)

72.9 ± 10.6

77.4 ± 11.3

0.151

Gender

0.37

 M

155 (57.6%)

9 (75.0%)

 

 F

114 (42.4%)

3 (25.0%)

 

Mean BMI ± SD

22.2 ± 3.5

22.9 ± 3.9

0.485

Diabetes mellitus (%)

78 (29.0%)

7 (58.3%)

0.0489

Albumin ± SD

3.89 ± 0.53

3.71 ± 0.52

0.244

Respiratory disease

43 (16.0%)

4 (33.3%)

0.122

Anticoagulant

28 (17.1%)

5 (45.5%)

0.032

ASA

0.0434

 1.2

207 (77.0%)

6 (50.0%)

 

 3

62 (23.0%)

6 (50.0%)

 

Mean operation time ± SD

300.1 ± 110.0

339.7 ± 191.8

0.242

Bleeding (ml)

128.4 ± 222.6

188.6 ± 340.0

0.373

Approach

1

 Open

127 (50.0%)

6 (50.0%)

 

 Laparoscopy

127 (50.0%)

6 (50.0%)

 

Transfusion

6 (2.2%)

0 (0%)

1

Use of olanexidine

217 (90.4%)

6 (50.0%)

0.02

Primary lesion

0.118

 Stomach

82 (34.2%)

1 (8.3%)

 

 Colon

187 (65.8%)

11 (91.7%)

 

Tumor size (cm)

4.65 ± 2.56

4.25 ± 2.13

0.595

Stage

0.543

 0, I, II

180 (66.9%)

7 (58.3%)

 

 III, IV

89 (33.1%)

5 (41.7%)

 

Leakage

9 (100%)

0 (0%)

1

Complication except SSI

63 (23.5%)

6 (50.0%)

0.0782

Adverse skin reaction (all)

7 (2.6%)

0 (0%)

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