Seasonal Temperature and Pin Site Care Regimen Affect the Incidence of Pin Site Infection in Pediatric Supracondylar Humeral Fractures

Table 2

Patient data in the high-temperature season.

Variable	Noncare group	Daily care group	value
Number of patients^*	20	20
Mean age (years)^+	6.9 ± 2.1	7.1 ± 3	0.85
Male/female^*	13/7	14/6	0.74
BMI (Kg/m^2)^+	17.6 ± 3.3	16.9 ± 4	0.55
Right/left^*	11/9	12/8	0.75
Fracture type II/III^*	1/19	2/18	1.00
Average number of pins	2.35	2.45	0.57
Pin retention (days)^+	33.4 ± 5	35.4 ± 10	0.45
Infected patients^‡	4 (20)	14 (70)	0.001

The values are given as the number of patients.
⁺The values are given as the mean and standard deviation.
^‡Data are number (%) of patients.
< 0.05 is considered statistically significant.