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Table 2 Preoperative length of stay and surgical site infection (SSI) in the cohort

From: Effect of preoperative hospital stay on surgical site infection in Chinese cranial neurosurgery

Preoperative length of stay (day, media[range])

Partici-pants, n

SSI, n

Adjusted Odd Ratio(95%CI)

Model 1 *

Model 2†

Model3‡

Total

     

 Q1(2 [1, 2])

144

9

1.000(reference)

1.000(reference)

1.000(reference)

 Q2(3 [3, 4])

352

27

1.254(0.574–2.739)

0.913(0.408–2.041)

0.975(0.417,2.281)

 Q3(5 [5, 6])

76

18

4.714(1.994–11.142)

3.548(1.456–8.644)

2.830(1.092,7.332)

 Q4(7[≥ 7])

28

7

5.141(1.711–15.445)

4.721(1.496–14.899)

4.039(1.164,14.015)

P for trend

  

0.000

0.000

0.001

Increase per day

  

1.423(1.211–1.672)

1.428(1.196–1.706)

1.387(1.147,1.677)

Deep§

     

 Q1(2 [1, 2])

144

6

1.000(reference)

1.000(reference)

1.000(reference)

 Q2(3 [3, 4])

352

26

1.856(0.747–4.613)

1.354(0.533,3.442)

1.590 (0.598,4.223)

 Q3(5 [5, 6])

76

13

4.864(1.762–13.428)

3.544(1.248,10.069)

2.867(0.948,8.668)

 Q4(7[≥ 7])

28

7

8.106(2.452–26.796)

7.652(2.193,26.707)

7.522(1.909,29.639)

P for trend

  

0.000

0.000

0.001

Increase per day

  

1.462(1.233–1.733)

1.461(1.209–1.766)

1.404(1.148,1.717)

Superficial||

     

 Q1(2 [1, 2])

144

3

1.000(reference)

1.000(reference)

1.000(reference)

 Q2(3 [3, 4])

352

3

0.408(0.081,2.054)

0.267(0.050,1.424)

0.281(0.045,1.770)

 Q3(5 [5, 6])

76

6

4.173(1.002,17.373)

2.818(0.646,12.296)

2.474(0.481,12.725)

 Q4(7[≥ 7])

28

1

1.797(0.176,18.368)

1.332(0.127,13.929)

1.394(0.111,17.513)

P for trend

  

0.020

0.030

0.062

Increase per day

  

1.276(0.922–1.765)

1.296(0.903–1.861)

1.242(0.835,1.848)

  1. *Adjusted for age and gender at cohort entry
  2. † The following variables were also included to control for the effect of body mass index, Charlson comorbidity index, type of surgery and American Society of Anesthesiologists score
  3. ‡ Further adjusted for laminar flow, surgical duration, infratentorial, wound class, estimated blood loss, blood transfusion, implant and wound drain
  4. § Excludes deep/organ-space infection
  5. || Excludes superficial infection