Evaluation of Bacterial Cellulose Dressing versus Vaseline Gauze in Partial Thickness Burn Wounds and Skin Graft Donor Sites: A Two-Center Randomized Controlled Clinical Study

Table 3

Demographic and clinical baseline information of the participants.

Variable	BC group (n = 102)	VG group (n = 105)	value
Age
18-	14 (13.72)	12 (11.43)	0.137
28-	30 (29.41)	17 (16.19)
38-	27 (26.47)	37 (35.24)
48-	23 (22.55)	31 (29.52)
58–65	8 (7.85)	8 (7.62)
Education
Primary school	28 (27.45)	30 (28.57)	0.105
Middle school	43 (42.16)	57 (54.29)
High school	17 (16.67)	16 (15.24)
College and above	14 (13.72)	2 (1.90)
Marriage
No	17 (16.67)	13 (12.38)	0.381
Yes	85 (83.33)	92 (87.62)
Systolic BP (mm Hg)	129.52 ± 17.58	132.87 ± 17.52	0.173
Diastolic BP (mm Hg)	77.98 ± 12.46	81.01 ± 14.67	0.112
Breath rate (per min)	19.22 ± 1.29	19.16 ± 1.57	0.789
Heart rate (per min)	83.51 ± 10.97	82.08 ± 12.54	0.383
History of allergy
No (%)	96 (94.12)	99 (94.29)	0.959
Yes (%)	6 (5.88)	6 (5.71)
Comorbidity
No (%)	96 (94.12)	98 (93.33)	0.816
Yes (%)	6 (5.88)	7 (6.67)