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Table 3 Summary of statistical analyses

From: Retrospective review of a tertiary adult burn centre’s experience with modified Meek grafting

Primary variable

Outcome measures

Spearman ρ

P value

Age

Graft take (%)

−0.2231

0.3458

Age

Re-operation*

0.0577

0.7922

TBSA burn (%)

Graft take (%)

0.2683

0.4191

TBSA burn (%)

Re-operation

−0.1736

0.3463

Anatomical region

Graft take (%)

−0.3057

0.2641

Anatomical region

Re-operation

0.1942

0.7835

TBSA Meek (%)

Graft take (%)

0.2006

0.5482

TBSA Meek (%)

Re-operation

0.0000

0.6970

Wound infection

Graft take (%)

−0.6517

<0.0001

Wound infection

Re-operation

0.6901

0.0909

  1. *Re-operation refers to those patients who required repeat debridement and grafting of the areas which had previously received Meek grafting. TBSA: total body surface area