| Total (N = 91) | Mesh (n = 56) | Suture (n = 35) | P |
Age: years (SD) | 69.9 (12.8) | 68.7 (14.2) | 71.7(10.0) | 0.27 |
Gender: M/F (%) | 64/27 (70.3/29.7) | 38/18 (67.9/32.1) | 26/9 (74.3/25.7) | 0.34 |
Initial surgery: emergency/elective (%) | 34/57 (37.4/62.6) | 24/32 (42.9/57.1) | 10/25 (28.6/71.4) | 0.12 |
Days to diagnostic: mean (SD) | 9.4 (4.8) | 9.7 (4.9) | 8.9 (4.6) | 0.40 |
Chronic lung disease: N(%) | 26 (28.6) | 15 (26.8) | 11 (31.4) | 0.40 |
Malnutrition (albumin < 3 g/dL): N(%) | 32 (35.2) | 14 (25) | 18 (51) | 0.01 |
Diabetes: N(%) | 17 (18.7) | 9 (16.4) | 8 (22.9) | 0.30 |
Anemia: N(%) | 51 (56) | 29 (52.7) | 22 (62.9) | 0.23 |
Neoplasm: N(%) | 51 (56) | 33 (58.9) | 18 (51.4) | 0.31 |
Sepsis: N(%) | 14 (15.4) | 7(12.5) | 7 (20) | 0.25 |