Table 4 Statistical association between etiological variables and outcome variables

Variable

Dental focus

(n = 5)

No dental focus

(n = 80)

p

Duration of antibiotics

in days, mean ± SD

12.40 ± 4.98

11.11 ± 4.68

0.556

Hospital stay

in days, mean ± SD

12.80 ± 7.66

6.99 ± 4.37

0.007

Drain duration

in days, mean ± SD

2.60 ± 0.89

3.35 ± 1.84

0.187

Complications

n (%)

1 (20.0)

8 (10.0)

0.481

Recurrence

n (%)

0 (0.0)

4 (5.5)

0.631

Chronic parotitis

(n = 7)

No chronic parotitis

(n = 78)

p

Duration of antibiotics

in days, mean ± SD

12.86 ± 8.41

11.03 ± 4.19

0.590

Hospital stay

in days, mean ± SD

10.57 ± 9.86

7.04 ± 4.01

0.382

Drain duration

in days, mean ± SD

5.17 ± 2.99

3.06 ± 1.48

0.147

Complications

n (%)

2 (28.6)

7 (9.0)

0.106

Recurrence

n (%)

1 (25.0)

3 (4.1)

0.067