|
|
Professionally active |
Professionally inactive |
p valuea |
| N |
n |
% |
N |
n |
% |
| Education |
Primary |
41 |
5 |
12.2% |
168 |
37 |
22.0% |
0.159 |
| Secondary |
41 |
19 |
46.3% |
168 |
107 |
63.7% |
0.042 |
| Higher |
41 |
17 |
41.5% |
168 |
24 |
14.3% |
< 0.001 |
| Type of diabetes |
Type 1 |
40 |
5 |
12.5% |
167 |
21 |
12.6% |
0.990 |
| Type 2 |
40 |
35 |
87.5% |
167 |
143 |
85.6% |
0.759 |
| Other |
40 |
0 |
0.0% |
167 |
3 |
1.8% |
0.393 |
| Place of residence |
Urban area of more than 500 thousand. |
41 |
17 |
41.5% |
167 |
79 |
47.3% |
0.501 |
| Urban area of 100-500 thousand |
41 |
1 |
2.4% |
167 |
13 |
7.8% |
0.221 |
| Urban area of 50-100 thousand |
41 |
5 |
12.2% |
167 |
12 |
7.2% |
0.294 |
| Urban area of 20-50 thousand |
41 |
7 |
17.1% |
167 |
15 |
9.0% |
0.131 |
| Urban area of 10-20 thousand |
41 |
1 |
2.4% |
167 |
7 |
4.2% |
0.601 |
| Urban area of less than 10 thousand |
41 |
1 |
2.4% |
167 |
6 |
3.6% |
0.714 |
| Rural area |
41 |
9 |
22.0% |
167 |
35 |
21.0% |
0.889 |
| Male |
41 |
36 |
87.8% |
168 |
116 |
69.0% |
0.016 |
| Only one limb affected |
36 |
33 |
91.7% |
151 |
146 |
96.7% |
0.181 |
|
N |
mean (SD) |
N |
mean (SD) |
p valueb |
| Age (years) |
41 |
58.6 (7.5) |
166 |
63.6 (10.7) |
0.005 |
| Diabetes duration (years) |
39 |
17 (14.3) |
166 |
18.1 (10.9) |
0.588 |
| Ulcer duration (years) |
39 |
3.9 (4.5) |
167 |
4.6 (4.8) |
0.391 |
| Duration of current treatment (weeks) |
39 |
32.2 (42.3) |
168 |
56.9 (108.5) |
0.164 |
| Size of ulcers (sq cm) |
39 |
9.7 (32) |
168 |
6.3 (14.2) |
0.316 |
