One-Day Antibiotic Infusion for the Prevention of Postoperative Infection Following Arthroplasty: A Case Control Study

Table 1

Characteristics of the patients.

		Group A	Group B	𝑃 value
Age	(years)	65.0 ± 10.8	63.7 ± 13.1	.826^a
BMI	(Kg/m^2)	24.6 ± 3.8	24.4 ± 4.0	>.999^a
Gender	Female	190	80	.0661^b
	Male	33	24
Procedures	THA	153	63	.1531^b
	TKA	70	41
Operative time	(min)	108.4 ± 37.0	114.8 ± 42.2	.240^a

Values are mean ± standard deviation. BMI, body mass index;
THA, total hip arthroplasty; TKA, total knee arthroplasty
^aMann-Whitney U test; ^bChi-squared test.