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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with war-related post-traumatic osteomyelitis according to country, 2006–2016

From: Post-traumatic osteomyelitis in Middle East war-wounded civilians: resistance to first-line antibiotics in selected bacteria over the decade 2006–2016

 

Iraq (N = 318)

Syria (N = 140)

Yemen (N = 100)

p

Total (N = 558)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

N

n (%)

Male

276 (86.8)

133 (95.0)

91 (91.0)

.02

557

500 (89.6)

Age (years)a

34 [27–43]

26 [21.6–36]

29 [21.5–32.5]

.001

557

31 [23–40]

Diabetes

16 (5.1)

4 (3.0)

0 (0.0)

.057

527

20 (3.8)

Location of infection

   

.08

455

 

 Upper extremity

31 (14.3)

32 (23.0)

21 (21.0)

  

84 (18.4)

 Lower extremity

185 (85.6)

107 (76.9)

79 (79.0)

  

371 (81.5)

Previous surgeriesa

4 [3–7]

3 [1–5]

3 [2–5]

.017

426

4 [2–6]

Delay since injuryb

30 [12–64]

8 [4–16]

20 [11–36]

.001

466

19 [8–40]

Fixation

   

.89

423

 

 Internal

68 (32.9)

49 (37.4)

29 (34.1)

  

146 (34.5)

 External

71 (34.2)

42 (32.0)

31 (36.4)

  

144 (34.0)

 No fixation

68 (32.9)

40 (30.5)

25 (29.4)

  

133 (31.4)

Polymicrobial infection

69 (21.7)

23 (16.4)

16 (16.0)

.02

558

108 (19.3)

  1. aQuantitative variables are expressed with median [IQR]
  2. btime between injury and bone tissue sample (months)