Aging Might Increase the Incidence of Infection from Permanent Pacemaker Implantation

Table 4

Aging alleviated the protective effects of rinse.

	Prior to rinse		After rinse		𝜒^2	𝑃
	Positive number	Positive ratio	Positive number	Positive ratio
<65 (𝑛=131)	17	13.0	5	3.8	7.145	0.0075*
≥65 (𝑛=262)	34	13.0	25	9.5	1.547	0.2136

^∗𝑃<0.05 versus post-rinse.