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Table 3 Relationship between laboratory and radiologic indices and mortality

From: Predictors of intra-hospital mortality in patients with diabetic foot ulcers in Nigeria: data from the MEDFUN study

 

Outcome

P value

OR

95% C. I for OR

Died

n (%)

Survived

n (%)

Proteinuria

 Yes

39 (36.4)

68 (63.6)

< 0.001

2.927

1.672–5.123

 No

29 (16.4)

148 (83.6)

   

Glycemic control

 Good

2 (13.3)

13 (86.7)

0.374

0.502

0.110–2.291

 Poor

57 (23.5)

186 (76.5)

   

Blood culture

 Positive

37 (48.7)

39 (51.3)

< 0.001

5.337

2.856–9.972

 Negative

24 (15.1)

135 (84.9)

   

Osteomyelitis

 Yes

20 (26.3)

56 (73.7)

0.350

1.341

0.725–2.483

 No

41 (21.0)

154 (79.0)

   

Vascular Stenosis

 Severe

12 (37.5)

20 (62.5)

0.002

4.114

1.657–10.213

 Moderate

25 (40.3)

37 (59.7)

< 0.001

4.633

2.175–9.870

 Mild

15 (21.4)

55 (78.6)

0.125

1.870

0.840–4.163

 None

14 (12.7)

96 (87.3)

   

Total cholesterol

 High

25 (20.5)

97 (79.5)

0.733

0.897

0.480–1.676

 Normal

25 (22.3)

87 (77.7)

   

LDL Cholesterol

 High

29 (22.1)

102 (77.9)

0.746

1.110

0.590–2.089

 Normal

21 (20.4)

82 (79.6)

   

HDL Cholesterol

 Low

54 (34.2)

104 (65.8)

< 0.001

6.305

2.728–14.574

 Normal

7 (7.6)

85 (92.4)

   

Triglycerides

 Abnormal

19 (20.2)

75 (79.8)

0.745

0.899

0.473–1.708

 Normal

31 (22.0)

110 (78.0)

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