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Table 1 Characteristics of patients in the total, training, and validation cohorts

From: A predictive nomogram for surgical site infection in patients who received clean orthopedic surgery: a retrospective study

Characteristics

Total cohort (n = 344)

Training cohort (n = 240)

Validation cohort (n = 104)

P value

Age, year

55.0 (40.8–66.0)

54.0 (39.0–65.0)

59.5 (45.0–66.0)

0.269

Gender

0.490

Female

159 (46.2)

108 (40.8)

51 (49.0)

 

Male

185 (53.8)

132(59.1)

53 (50.1)

 

Comorbidities

0.982

No

132 (38.4)

92 (38.3)

40 (38.5)

 

Yes

212 (61.6)

148 (61.7)

64 (61.5)

 

BMI

24.9 (22.0–27.8)

24.7 (22.3–28.1)

25.0 (21.7–27.6)

0.554

Surgical site

0.458

Joint

96 (27.91)

64 (26.67)

32 (30.77)

 

Spine

77 (22.38)

58 (24.17)

19 (18.27)

 

Limbs

171 (49.71)

118 (49.17)

53 (50.96)

 

ASA class

0.214

1

77 (22.38)

56 (23.33)

21 (20.19)

 

2

235 (68.31)

166 (69.17)

69 (66.35)

 

3

32 (9.3)

18 (7.5)

14 (13.46)

 

NNIS class

0.519

0

291 (84.59)

205 (85.42)

86 (82.69)

 

1

53 (15.41)

35 (14.58)

18 (17.31)

 

Postoperative drainage

0.381

No

232 (67.44)

158 (65.83)

74 (71.15)

 

Yes

112 (32.56)

82 (34.17)

30 (28.85)

 

Implants

0.062

No

90 (26.16)

70 (29.17)

20 (19.23)

 

Yes

254 (73.84)

170 (70.83)

84 (80.77)

 

Operation time

67.4 (45.8–106.1)

67.6 (45.0–109.0)

67.2 (48.4–87.3)

0.791

Length of hospital stay

3.0 (2.0–5.0)

3.0 (2.0–5.0)

3.0 (2.0–5.0)

0.736

RBC, 1012 /L

4.4 (4.0–4.8)

4.5 (4.1–4.8)

4.4 (3.9–4.6)

0.122

WBC, 109 /L

6.6 (5.5–7.9)

6.4 (5.3–7.8)

6.9 (5.9–8.0)

0.124

Platelet, 109 /L

237.0 (196.0–282.5)

234.0 (196.0–282.5)

240.5 (199.0–282.8)

0.677

Haemoglobin, g/L

133.0 (120.0–144.2)

133.0 (121.0–146.0)

131.0 (117.5–142.2)

0.076

AST, U/L

20.0 (15.0–25.0)

19.0 (15.0–25.0)

20.0 (16.0–24.0)

0.361

ALT, U/L

18.0 (13.0–27.0)

18.0 (13.0–27.0)

18.5 (13.0–26.2)

0.584

Total bilirubin, μmol/L

15.3 (11.8–19.1)

15.3 (11.8–19.2)

15.3 (11.3–18.9)

0.699

Direct bilirubin, μmol/L

3.6 (2.8–4.8)

3.6 (2.8–4.9)

3.6 (2.9–4.8)

0.714

GGT, IU/L

20.0 (17.0–24.0)

20.0 (17.0–23.2)

20.0 (17.8–24.2)

0.947

Albumin, g/L

40.7 (39.0–42.8)

40.7 (39.1–42.8)

40.7 (38.1–42.1)

0.078

Creatinine, μmol/L

58.5 (51.9–68.1)

58.5 (51.9–68.3)

58.3 (52.1–67.3)

0.887

Prothrombin time, s

12.1 (11.3–12.7)

12.1 (11.3–12.8)

12.0 (11.3–12.5)

0.206

D-Dimer, μg/mL

0.5 (0.2–1.1)

0.5 (0.2–1.1)

0.5 (0.2–1.5)

0.464

SSI

0.999

No

305 (88.66)

213 (88.75)

92 (88.46)

 

Yes

39 (11.34)

27 (11.25)

12 (11.54)

 
  1. ASA American society of anesthesiology, NNIS national nosocomial infections surveillance, RBC Red blood cell, WBC white blood cell, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, BMI body mass index, GGT gamma-glutamyl transferase, SSI surgical site infection