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

Table 3

Patient data in the low-temperature season.

Variable	Noncare group	Daily care group	value
Number of patients^*	10	11
Mean age (years)^+	5.9 ± 2.3	7.5 ± 2.6	0.16
Male/female^*	4/6	6/5	0.41
BMI (Kg/m^2)^+	16.1 ± 2.4	15.5 ± 2.3	0.57
Right/left^*	6/4	7/4	0.61
Fracture type II/III^*	3/7	3/8	0.63
Average number of pins	2.4	2.2	0.29
Pin retention (days)^+	31.4 ± 4.4	31.3 ± 6.1	0.96
Infected patients^‡	1 (10)	3 (27.3)	0.33

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.