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Table 2 Patients’ characteristics

From: Surgical site infections following colorectal cancer surgery: a randomized prospective trial comparing common and advanced antimicrobial dressing containing ionic silver

Characteristic

 

Aa

Bb

Overall

P a

  

N (%)

N (%)

  

Gender

Female

25 (46.3)

22 (37.9)

47 (42.0)

0.444

 

Male

29 (53.7)

36 (62.1)

65 (58.0)

 

Diagnosis

Colon

36 (66.7)

41 (70.7)

77 (68.8)

0.687

 

Rectal

18 (33.3)

17 (29.3)

17 (15.2)

 

Preoperative treatment

CT+RT

7 (13.0)

7 (12.1)

14 (12.5)

1.000

 

None

47 (87.0)

51 (87.9)

98 (87.5)

 

Smoking status

Never

29 (53.7)

28 (48.3)

57 (50.9)

 
 

Previous

18 (33.3)

20 (34.5)

38 (33.9)

0.759

 

Smoker

7 (13.0)

10 (17.2)

17 (15.2)

 

ASA

I

4 (7.4)

3 (5.2)

7 (6.3)

 
 

II

40 (74.1)

46 (79.3)

86 (76.8)

0.787

 

III

10 (18.5)

9 (15.5)

19 (17.0)

 
  1. aChi-square of Fisher’s exact test as appropriate; A: standard dressing; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists score; B: Aquacel Ag Hydrofiber dressing; CT+RT: preoperative chemoradiation therapy.