Structured health care for subjects with diabetic foot ulcers results in a reduction of major amputation rates

Table 3 Prevalence of wound severity by ulcer grade and stage (modified University of Texas wound classification system) at admission to the clinics (A), discharge from the clinics (B) of the patients with diabetic foot treated by the structured health care program and subjects with diabetic foot treated by standard care (controls) and 2 year follow-up investigation of the structured health care group alone (C) (SHC n= 684, controls n= 508)

A (admission of patients to the clinic, baseline data)
Modified UT grade (Wagner)	0		1		2		3		4
UT stage	SHC	C	SHC	C	SHC	C	SHC	C	SHC	C
A n			1	21
%			0,1	4.1
B n			19	27	22	34	15	42
%			2.8	5.3	3.2	6.7	2.2	8.3
C n	2	41	12	8	34	11	9	2
%	0.3	8.1	1.8	1.6	5.0	2.2	1.3	0.4
D n			50	9	199	67	255	109	66	137
%			7.3	1.6	29.1	13.2	37.3	21.5	9.6	26.9
sum n	2	41	82	65	255	112	279	153	66	137
(%)	0.3	8.1	12.0	12.6	37.3	22.1	40.8	30.2	9.6	26.9
B (discharge of patients from the clinic)
Modified UT grade (Wagner)	0		1		2		3		4
UT stage	SHC	C	SHC	C	SHC	C	SHC	C	SHC	C
A n	17	31	8
%	2.5	6.7	1.2
B n			10	4		4
%			1.5	0.9		0.9
C n	172	75	261	19	38	20	5	18
%	25.8	16.3	39.1	4.1	5.6	4.3	0.7	3.9
D n			65	206	56	25	30	32	5	26
%			9.7	44.8	8.4	5.4	4.5	6.9	0.7	5.7
sum n	189	106	344	229	94	49	35	50	5	26
(%)	28.3	23.0	51.5	49.8	13.9	10.6	5.2	10.5	0.7	5.7
C (2 year follow-up of the disease management program group)
Modified UT grade (Wagner)	0		1		2		3		4
UT stage	SHC		SHC		SHC		SHC		SHC
A n	58
%	13.8
B n			1				1
%			0.2				0.2
C n	253		58		10		1
%	60.4		13.8		2.4		0.2
D n			13		19		2		3
%			3.1		4.5		0.5		0.7
sum	311		72		29		4		3
(%)	742		17.1		6.9		0.9		0.9

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