Table 1 Demographics of patients with limb-threatening diabetic foot infection among quartiles of referral time to hospital
From: The analysis for time of referral to a medical center among patients with diabetic foot infection
Days from ulcer to hospital (Quartiles) | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤ 9 days (n = 172, Q1) | 9–21 days (n = 164, Q2) | 21–59 days (n = 167, Q3) | > 59 days (n = 165, Q4) | ||
Age (years) | 63.85 (13.52) | 62.96 (13.12) | 65.62 (13.19) | 65.19 (13.63) | 0.244 |
Gender | 0.875 | ||||
Female | 63 (36.63%) | 59 (35.98%) | 64 (38.32%) | 66 (40.00%) | |
Male | 109 (63.37%) | 105 (64.02%) | 103 (61.68%) | 99 (60.00%) | |
Diabetes duration (years) | 12.85 (10.04) | 13.81 (8.90) | 14.00 (9.67) | 15.41 (10.04) | 0.115 |
Smoking | 69 (40.12%) | 72 (43.90%) | 69 (41.32%) | 66 (40.00%) | 0.880 |
Hypertension | 126 (73.26%) | 105 (64.02%) | 117 (70.06%) | 117 (70.91%) | 0.302 |
Retinopathy | 88 (51.16%) | 94 (57.32%) | 99 (59.28%) | 97 (58.79%) | 0.405 |
Neuropathy | 72 (41.86%) | 75 (45.73%) | 85 (50.90%) | 76 (46.06%) | 0.423 |
End-stage renal disease | 35 (20.35%) | 23 (14.02%) | 24 (14.37%) | 42 (25.45%) | 0.021 |
Major adverse cardiac event | 45 (26.16%) | 47 (28.66%) | 62 (37.13%) | 78 (47.27%) | < 0.001 |
HbA1c (%) | 9.21 (2.61) | 9.47 (2.51) | 8.84 (2.68) | 8.50 (2.55) | 0.008 |
Wound size (cm2) | 30.05 (58.27) | 45.51 (141.00) | 21.21 (31.57) | 38.74 (74.88) | 0.063 |
SIRSa | 50 (29.07%) | 58 (35.37%) | 34 (20.36%) | 42 (25.45%) | 0.019 |
Peripheral arterial disease | 90 (52.33%) | 92 (56.10%) | 113 (67.66%) | 130 (78.79%) | < 0.001 |