Table 2.
Mortality and median survival periods for patients presenting with an acute Charcot foot or with an uncomplicated neuropathic ulcer
| 2000–2007 |
1980–2007 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcot | Neuropathic ulcer | Charcot | Neuropathic ulcer | |
| Median follow-up (interquartile range) to 1 October 2008 | 3.0 (1.9–4.5) | 4.4 (3.2–6.3) | 3.4 (2.0–6.8) | 5.5 (3.3–8.4) |
| Median follow-up (interquartile range) to death | 2.1 (1.1–3.3) | 1.3 (0.6–2.5) | 3.7 (1.5–6.8) | 2.7 (1.2–6.0) |
| Number of male deaths (% of all males) | 8 (16.7) | 20 (41.7) | 25 (33.8) | 38 (52.1) |
| Number of female deaths (% of all females) | 5 (22.7) | 20 (5.6) | 25 (58.1) | 12 (33.3) |
| Mean age (± SD) at death | 61.7 ± 11.5 | 65.1 ± 11.0 | 66.4 ± 11.6 | 66.5 ± 11.2 |