Surgical site infection among hospitalized patients in palestine: association with in-hospital preoperative time stay, biological and clinical characteristics.

BMC Res Notes · 2025 · PMC12285162 · PMID 40702496

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closest p · 1.2× alpha

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borderline significancep = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Specifically, smoking was associated with a higher infection risk ( p = 0.02), though it only showed borderline significance in multivariate analysis (adjusted odds ratio 5.49; 95% CI 0.96–31.25; p = 0.06).

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failed to reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

As a result, certain risk factors may have failed to reach statistical significance due to insufficient sample size.

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marginally significantno p-value reported

Only smoking remained marginally significant in the multivariate model, despite several variables showing significance in univariate analysis.

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