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Table 2 Participant demographics and fracture characteristics

From: Pragmatic randomized trial evaluating pre-operative aqueous antiseptic skin solution in open fractures (Aqueous-PREP): the feasibility of a cluster randomized crossover study

Characteristic

Total

n=108

Age, mean (SD) years

41.9 (17.1)

Gender, n (%)

 Female

27 (25.0)

 Male

81 (75.0)

BMI, (kg/m2), n (%)

 Underweight <18.5

4 (3.7)

 Normal weight 18.5-24.9

37 (34.3)

 Overweight 25-29.9

39 (36.1)

 Obese 30-39.9

21 (19.4)

 Morbidly obese ≥40

7 (6.5)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 White

68 (63.0)

 Black

24 (22.2)

 Hispanic/Latino

8 (7.4)

 East Asian

2 (1.9)

 Middle Eastern

5 (4.6)

 Indigenous

1 (0.9)

Employment prior to injury, n (%)

69 (63.9)

Highest level of education completed, n (%)

 8th grade or less

1 (1.0)

 9th to 12 grade, no diploma

10 (9.3)

 General education diploma or high school graduate

39 (36.1)

 Some college, no degree

23 (21.3)

 Associates degree (2-year degree)

8 (7.4)

 Bachelors/college degree

12 (11.1)

 Some graduate work, no degree

1 (0.9)

 Graduate degree

7 (6.5)

 Professional degree

3 (2.8)

 Prefer not to answer

4 (3.7)

Smoking history, n (%)

 No, never smoked

42 (38.9)

 Yes, previously smoked

22 (20.4)

 Yes, smokes currently

44 (40.7)

Number of open fractures, n (%)

 1

98 (90.7)

 2

8 (7.4)

 3

2 (1.9)

Location of fracture, n (%)

n=120 fractures among 108 patients

 Clavicle

1 (0.8)

 Femur/femoral shaft

15 (12.5)

 Fibula

2 (1.7)

 Foot/ankle

14 (11.7)

 Hand

7 (5.8)

 Humerus/humeral shaft

13 (10.8)

 Patella

1 (0.8)

 Radius/radial shaft

10 (8.3)

 Tibia/tibial shaft

49 (40.8)

 Ulna/ulnar shaft

8 (6.7)

Gustilo classification of fracture, n (%)

n=120 fractures among 108 patients

 I

22 (18.3)

 II

36 (30.0)

 IIIA

41 (34.2)

 IIIB

13 (10.8)

 IIIC

8 (6.7)

  1. Percentages represent proportion out of total number of fractures by treatment group. Some participants sustained multiple fractures
  2. BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation