Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Sociodemographic data of patients with open fractures in a public hospital in the state of Bahia, from March to December 2009
Variable | With infection (%) | Without infection (%) | Total (%) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | 31 (25.4) | 91 (74.6) | 122 | |
Gender | 31 | 91 | 122 | 0.96 |
Male | 26 (83.9) | 76 (83.5) | 102 (83.6) | |
Female | 5 (16.1) | 15 (16.5) | 20 (16.4) | |
Marital status | 26 | 83 | 109 | 0.77 |
Unmarried | 15 (57.7) | 55 (66.3) | 70 (64.2) | |
Married | 10 (38.5) | 25 (30.1) | 35 (32.1) | |
Other | 1 (3.8) | 3 (3.6) | 4 (3.7) | |
Origin | 31 | 90 | 121 | 0.08 |
City of Salvador | 12 (38.7) | 55 (61.1) | 67 (55.4) | |
Other towns | 19 (61.3) | 35 (38.9) | 54 (44.6) | |
Fracture localization | 31 | 91 | 122 | 0.34 |
Lower limbs | 22 (71.0) | 56 (61.5) | 78 (63.9) | |
Upper limbs | 9 (29.0) | 35 (38.5) | 44 (36.1) | |
Type of trauma | 31 | 91 | 122 | 0.14 |
Gunshot wound | 5 (16.1) | 29 (31.9) | 34 (27.9) | |
Direct trauma | 10 (32.2) | 23 (25.3) | 33 (27.0) | |
Traffic | 16 (51.6) | 39 (42.8) | 55 (45.1) |