Incidence and Etiology of Surgical Site Infections among Emergency Postoperative Patients in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, South Western Uganda

Table 3

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of risk factors for development of SSIs.

Characteristic	AOR (95% CI)	value
ASA score	1.79 (0.63–5.07)	0.273
Hemoglobin levels	2.4 (1.12–5.34)	0.024
Property of suture	2.4 (0.89–24.78)	0.997
Serum albumin	4.3 (1.02–17.84)	0.046
Suture material	30.7 (2.7–351.31)	0.006
Skin anti septic	9.0 (0.95–85.48)	0.055
Wound classification	2.59 (1.27–5.27)	0.009
Use of a drain	2.2 (0.39–12.7)	0.336