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Table 2 Characteristics of the patients

From: Prophylactic antimicrobials may not be needed to prevent surgical site infection after skin biopsy: a retrospective study

Patient characteristics

Antibacterial drug used (n = 27) (mean ± SDa)

No antibacterial drug used (n = 48) (mean ± SD)

P value

Age

55.11 ± 20.61

59.85 ± 17.83

0.3869‡

Sex (male:female)

14;13

30;18

0.4651†

Body mass index (kg/m2)

21.04 ± 2.689

23.24 ± 5.003

0.0501‡

Brinkman Index

396.9 ± 294.2

682.2 ± 454.8

0.0961‡

  1. aStandard deviation
  2. Fisher’s exact test or Mann–Whitney U test was used for statistical analysis
  3. †Chi-square test (Fisher’s exact test)
  4. ‡ Mann–Whitney U test
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

ISSN: 2047-2994

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