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Table 1 Demographic data of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) classified by type of ulcers during the study period (N = 350 admissions)

From: Changing the patterns of hospitalized diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) over a 5-year period in a multi-disciplinary setting in Thailand

 

Total

Neuropathy

Ischemia

Mixed

p-value

Age (years)

65.5 ± 13.3

60.2 ± 11.6

74.2 ± 12.8

68.4 ± 13.4

< 0.001

Male (%)

57.4%

59.4%

33.3%

57.2%

0.308

BMI (kg/m2)

25.3 ± 4.8

26.4 ± 5.0

21.5 ± 2.5

24.8 ± 4.6

< 0.001

T2DM (%)

99.4%

100.0%

100.0%

99.0%

0.503

Duration of diabetes (years)

18.8 ± 11.5

16.2 ± 10.2

13.9 ± 10.0

20.7 ± 11.9

0.001

A1C (%)

8.6 ± 2.3

9.2 ± 2.5

7.3 ± 1.9

8.2 ± 2.1

< 0.001

DR (%)

73.8%

77.8%

0%

72.4%

0.171

-NPDR (%)

15.6%

13.6%

0%

17.1%

 

-PDR (%)

58.2%

64.2%

0%

55.3%

 

CHF (%)

18.3%

9.8%

22.2%

23.6%

0.005

ESRD (%)

18.3%

10.5%

22.2%

23.1%

0.013

CKD (%)

57.6%

45.1%

55.6%

65.7%

0.004

Charcot (%)

10.6%

12.0%

0.0%

10.1%

0.493

IHD (%)

30.6%

11.3%

44.4%

42.3%

< 0.001

Hypertension

78.3%

66.9%

66.7%

86.1%

< 0.001

Stroke (%)

8.6%

4.5%

0.0%

11.5%

0.050

CCI ≥5 (%)

69.7%

41.4%

88.9%

87.0%

< 0.001

Wagner≥3

68.3%

54.1%

66.7%

77.4%

< 0.001

Texas stage C or D (%)

51.1%

0.8%

88.9%

81.7%

< 0.001

Ulcer Site

    

0.134

 - Right (%)

52.9%

55.6%

88.9%

49.5%

 

 - Left (%)

45.4%

43.6%

11.1%

48.1%

 

 - Both (%)

1.7%

0.8%

0.0%

2.4%

 

Previous DFU (%)

74.3%

74.4%

44.4%

75.5%

0.113

Previous Amputation (%)

32.3%

21.8%

11.1%

39.9%

0.001

Smoking (%)

30.6%

30.8%

11.1%

31.3%

0.566

  1. Note: p-value indicated the differences between 3 types of DFU using one-way ANOVA for continuous data and Chi-square for categorical data to determine group differences
  2. Abbreviations: BMI Body Mass Index, T2DM Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, A1C Glycated Hemoglobin, DR Diabetic Retinopathy, NPDR Non-proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy, PDR Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy, OAD Oral anti-diabetic drug, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, CHF Congestive Heart Failure, ESRD End-Stage Renal Disease, IHD Ischemic Heart Disease, CKD Chronic Kidney Disease