Incisional Surgical Site Infection after Elective Open Surgery for Colorectal Cancer

Table 1

Patient characteriscics.

Characteristic	Total number	Incisional SSI
		%	𝑃 value
Age			0.995
<65	90	14.4
65–74	74	14.9
≥75	60	15.0
Gender			0.209
Male	120	17.5
Female	104	11.5
Body mass index (kg/m^2)			0.381
<25	182	13.7
≥25	42	19.1
Comorbidities*
Diabetes mellitus	36	16.7	0.721
Cardiovascular disease	42	14.3	0.927
Obstructive pulmonary disease	32	9.4	0.356
Prior laparotomy	94	12.8	0.480
Current smoking	52	13.5	0.768
Preoperative albumin (g/dL)			0.846
<3.5	12	16.7
≥3.5	212	14.6
Preoperative hemoglobin (g/dL)			0.422
<10	38	10.5
≥10	186	16.0
ASA score			0.087
1, 2	186	12.9
3	38	23.7
Loss of 10% body weight			0.264
Presence	7	0.0
Absence	217	15.2
TNM stage			0.058
I and II	115	10.4
III and IV	108	19.4

ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists.
*Comparison between presence and absence of each medical illness.