Odds Ratio 95% C.I. p-value Lower Bound Upper Bound Age at operation vs. mean 0.961 0.925 1.000 0.048 BMI Class vs ≤ 25.0       0.090 25.1-30.0 1.511 0.271 8.431 0.638 30.1-40.0 3.176 0.667 15.134 0.147 40.1+ 6.597 1.223 35.601 0.028 Concomitant Procedure vs. None       0.145 Non-gastrointestinal .323 0.075 1.399 0.131 Gastrointestinal 1.859 0.598 5.783 0.284 Hypertension 2.234 0.879 5.680 0.091 Constant 1.341     0.801 C.I.=Confidence Interval; BMI=Body Mass Index

Table 2: Independent predictors of any wound infection in patients undergoing incisional hernia repair with component separation. Results from forward stepwise multivariable regression, p for entry < 0.20 and for exit > 0.25 N=105 due to missing variables, number of wound infections = 51.