Table 1 Clinical and demographical characteristics of the patients or ulcers
Characteristics | Results (N = 1788 patients) | |
|---|---|---|
Age (years): median ± QR (minimum; maximum) | 65.0 ± 14.0 (19; 98) | |
Gender: masculine/feminine (% feminine) | 825/963 (53.9%) | |
Ethnic groups (24 missing) | White | 1132 (63.3%) |
Black | 289 (16.2%) | |
Mixed | 333 (18.6%) | |
Chinese | 10 (0.6%) | |
Diabetes mellitus: type 1/type 2 (% type 2) (47 missing) | 379/1362 (76.2%) | |
Smokers (6 missing) | 368 (20.6%) | |
Arterial hypertension (4 missing) | 1085 (60.7%) | |
Ischemic cardiopathy (9 missing) | 411 (23.0%) | |
Antecedents of foot ulcers | 662 (37.0%) | |
Antecedents of amputations | 420 (23.5%) | |
N = 1835 ulcers | ||
Etiology of the ulcer (1 missing) | Ischemic | 790 (43.1%) |
Non ischemic | 1044 (56.9%) | |
Location-extension of the lesion (118 missing) | Simple | 1140 (62.1%) |
Complex | 354 (19.3%) | |
Calcaneal | 223 (12.2%) | |
Wagner’s classification (83 missing) | ||
Grade 1 | 26 (1.4%) | |
Grade 2 | 228 (12.4%) | |
Grade 3 | 981 (53.5%) | |
Grade 4 | 504 (27.5%) | |
Grade 5 | 13 (0.7%) | |