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Table 1 Comparison of preoperative characteristics of patients with and without surgical site infections

From: Surgical site infection after delayed sternal closure in neonates with congenital heart disease: retrospective case-control study

  

All (n = 188)

Surgical site infection

χ2

P value

No (n = 141)

Yes (n = 47)

Sex

Male

92

71

21

0.454

0.5

Female

96

70

26

Weight

W ≤ 1500 g

8

1 (12.5%)

7 (87.5%)

43.262

0.000

1500 g < w ≤ 2000 g

50

30 (60%)

20 (40%)

2000 g < w ≤ 2500 g

50

41 (82%)

9 (18%)

2500 g < w ≤ 3000 g

20

11 (55%)

9 (45%)

W > 3000 g

60

58 (96.7%)

2 (3.3%)

Age at operation

≤1 d

13

2 (15.4%)

11 (84.6%)

111.572

0.000

1<age ≤ 3 d

25

4 (16%)

21 (84%)

3<age ≤ 7 d

26

14 (53.8%)

12 (46.2%)

7<age ≤ 14 d

49

46 (93.9%)

3 (6.1%)

>14 d

75

75 (100%)

0

Genetic anomaly

no

171

129 (75.4%)

42 (24.6%)

0.022

0.883

yes

17

12 (70.6%)

5 (29.4%)

Prematurity (≤37w)

no

133

124 (93.2%)

9 (6.8%)

80.606

0.000

yes

55

17 (30.9%)

38 (69.1%)

  1. P<0.05, Chi squared test