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Table 1 Comparison of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous patients

From: Major amputation rates and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous people in North Queensland Australia between 2000 and 2015

 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (n = 70)

Non-Indigenous ( n = 304)

p-value

Characteristics at recruitment

 Age

56.0 (44.0-65.3)

68.0 (54.0-75.8)

< 0.001

 Males

34 (48.6 %)

207 (68.1 %)

0.002

 Diabetes

45 (83.3 %)

133 (50.4 %)

< 0.001

 Hypertension

36 (66.7 %)

172 (65.2 %)

0.831

 IHD

27 (50.0 %)

122 (46.2 %)

0.611

 PAD

29 (53.7 %)

147 (55.5 %)

0.100

 ESRD

17 (31.5 %)

39 (14.7 %)

0.003

Outcomes during follow-up

 Amputation

  

0.789

 AKA

28 (40.0 %)

131 (43.1 %)

 

 BKA

42 (60.0 %)

172 (56.6 %)

 

 HQA

0 (0 %)

1 (0.3 %)

 

 Contralateral amputation

10 (14.3 %)

33 (10.9 %)

0.417

 Death

47 (67.1 %)

160 (52.6 %)

0.028

 Follow-up (years)

2.3 (0.4–5.7)

3.3 (1.3–8.1)

0.020

  1. Continuous data are presented as median [interquartile range] and were compared using Mann-Whitney U test. Nominal data are presented as number (%) and were compared using Pearson’s χ2 test
  2. IHD ischaemic heart disease, PAD peripheral artery disease, ESRD end-stage renal disease, AKA above knee amputation, BKA below knee amputation, HQA hindquarter amputation
  3. P-values highlighted in bold indicate significant differences