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Table 2 Demographics and Diabetic Complications of Patients with Hospitalization for Diabetic Foot Infection

From: A classification of diabetic foot infections using ICD-9-CM codes: application to a large computerized medical database

 

Group

 

Any

Gangrene

Osteomyelitis

Ulcer

Foot

Cellulites

or Abscess

Toe

Cellulitis

or Abscess

Paronychia

Other

 

61,007

11,666

4,133

20,142

4,438

1,395

289

18,944

Male

98.5%

99.1%

98.9%

98.6%

98.4%

98.4%

96.9%

98.0%

Mean Age

68.1

70.0

66.3

68.7

66.9

67.3

66.7

66.9

Standard deviation

11.0

10.2

11.0

10.9

11.4

11.4

12.6

11.3

White

76.3%

68.0%

75.1%

77.9%

76.6%

81.1%

76.6%

79.7%

African-American

16.0%

23.1%

17.5%

15.7%

14.3%

12.0%

17.4%

12.1%

Other race

7.7%

8.9%

7.4%

6.4%

9.1%

6.9%

6.0%

8.2%

Unknown

3.5%

3.1%

6.2%

3.1%

2.9%

3.3%

2.4%

3.7%

Peripheral vascular disease

66.9%

77.2%

71.5%

73.8%

58.4%

64.6%

55.7%

54.6%

Peripheral neuropathy

53.4%

55.6%

62.7%

59.9%

55.5%

58.1%

49.5%

42.5%

Diabetic eye disease

43.2%

48.9%

48.7%

47.3%

41.4%

46.5%

34.3%

34.2%

Cerebrovascular diseases

24.3%

29.2%

19.2%

26.1%

21.2%

24.7%

27.7%

21.0%

Myocardial infarction

22.5%

24.0%

17.0%

22.7%

20.5%

22.2%

23.5%

23.0%

Renal diseases

20.6%

26.2%

16.9%

22.1%

17.0%

18.5%

19.4%

17.5%

  1. Text in large, bold, italic font shows findings that correspond to clinical expectation (see discussion).