Table 5: Association of sex and age with SSI in patients who received ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
|
Variables |
Surgical Site Infection n (%) |
|||
|
|
Yes |
No |
p-value |
Total |
|
Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
Female |
37 (53.6) |
176 (47.7) |
0.366 |
213 (48.6) |
|
Male |
32 (46.4) |
193 (52.3) |
|
225 (51.4) |
|
Age (years) |
|
|
|
|
|
< 1 |
40 (58.0) |
133 (36.0) |
< 0.001 |
173 (39.5) |
|
1 to 16 |
18 (26.1) |
99 (26.8) |
|
117 (26.7) |
|
> 16 |
11 (15.9) |
137 (37.1) |
|
148 (33.8) |