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Table 5 Factors associated with surgical site infection

From: Antibiotic use in gastrointestinal surgery patients at a Vietnamese national hospital

 

OR

95% Confidence interval

p value

Lower

Upper

Age

1.036

1.010

1.063

0.007

Sex (women)

1.040

1.011

1.071

0.368

Surgical classification

Clean

Clean-contaminated

3.029

0.280

0.362

0.362

Contaminated

1.251

0.054

0.889

0.889

Overall appropriateness of administration of prophylactic antibiotics (yes)

0.642

0.271

1.522

0.315

  1. OR: Odds ratio