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Table 1 General and demographic variables in cases and controls

From: Adiponectin, resistin and IL-6 plasma levels in subjects with diabetic foot and possible correlations with clinical variables and cardiovascular co-morbidity

 

pts with

diabetic foot

pts without

diabetic foot

p

n:

34

37

0.75

Age

66.7 ± 8.5

66.9 ± 7.9

0.027

Sex Male (n/%)

16 (47,1%)

15 (41,7%)

0.41

Diabetes duration

   

   <10 yrs

7 (20,6%)

21 (58,3%)

0.027

   =10 yrs

8 (23.5%)

11 (30.6%)

0.045

   =20 yrs

19 (55.9)

4 (11.1%)

<0.001

treatment Diet (n/%)

4 (11,8)

3 (8.3%)

0.65

Antidiabetici orali (n/%)

3 (8.8)

10 (27.8%)

<0.001

Mixed (n/%)

6 (17.5)

13 (36,1%)

<0.001

Insulin (n/%)

21 (61.8)

10 (27.8)

<0.001

Smoking (n/%)

7 (20,6)

9 (25)

0.71

Hypertension (n/%)

20 (58,8)

25 (69.4)

0.041

Dyslipidaemia (n/%)

14 (41,2)

16 (44.4)

0.35

Obesity (n/%)

19 (55,9)

13 (36.1)

0.021

Chronic renal failure (n/%)

15 (44,1)

13 (36.1)

0.064

Mycroalbuminuria (n/%)

22 (64,7)

6 (14,7)

<0.001

Retinopathty (n/%)

19 (55,9)

36 (100)

<0.001

PAD (n/%)

10 (29.41)

9 (25)

0.54

CAD (n/%)

17 (50)

7 (19,4)

<0.001

TIA/Stroke (n/%)

14 (41.17)

6 (16.66)

0.021

Other district atherosclerosis (n/%)

28 (82.35

21 (58.33)

<0.001

Artropathy (n/%)

11 (32,4%)

2 (5.6%)

<0.001

Neuropathy (n/%)

25 (73.52)

14 (38.88%)

<0.001

Diabetic foot grade

   

Grade 0

1 (2,9%)

-

 

Grade 1

6 (17,6%)

-

 

Grade 2

8 (23,5%)

-

 

Grade 3

10 (29,4%)

-

 

Grade4

4 (11,8%)

-

 

Grade 5

1 (2,9%)

-

 

Grade 6

4 (11,8%)

-

 
  1. Data are expressed as median and interquartile (lower and upper quartile)
  2. PAD: peripheral artery disease; CAD: coronary artery disease