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Table 1 Demographic characteristics

From: Clinical profiles of diabetic foot ulcer patients undergoing major limb amputation at a tertiary care center in North-eastern Tanzania

Variable

n (%)

Amputation

Debridement

Disarticulation

P-value

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age in years (mean(SD))

60.06 (11.33)

58.03 (8.33)

61.16 (13.34)

65.50 (14.94)

n/a

Age in years

  ≤ 40 years

1 (1.67)

0 (0.00)

1 (100.00)

0 (0.00)

0.416

 41–50 years

10 (16.67)

5 (50.00)

4 (40.00)

1 (10.00)

 

 51–60 years

24 (40)

16 (66.67)

6 (25.00)

2 (8.33)

 

  > 60 years

25 (41.67)

10 (40.00)

10 (40.00)

5 (20.00)

 

Sex

 Female

25 (41.67)

13 (52.00)

9 (36.00)

3 (12.00)

 > 0.999

 Male

35 (58.33)

18 (51.43)

12 (34.29)

5 (14.29)

 

Total

60 (100.00)

31 (51.67)

21 (35.00)

8 (13.33)