TABLE 5.

Association of deep tissue fungal infection with age, duration of diabetes, glycemic status, duration of lesion, and neurovascular status of the lower limb of the patients with diabetic lower-limb wounds

Sample type and value	Age (yr)	Wound duration (days)	HbA1c (%)	ABI (ratio)	VPT (V)	TcPO2 (mm Hg)	Diabetes duration (mo)
Without fungi
n	377	364	152	273	279	224	274
Mean	60.6	41.2	9.5	1.0	43.6	33.1	190.0
SD	10.0	73.0	2.4	0.57	9.3	16.1	95.7
With fungi
n	141	136	58	102	107	86	101
Mean	61.2	50.2	10.3	0.9	43.9	32.8	201.9
SD	10.8	71.7	2.2	0.3	10.1	17.0	101.5
P valuea	0.57	0.22	0.04	0.35	0.80	0.86	0.30
Total
n	518	500	210	375	386	310	375
Mean	60.7	43.6	9.7	1.0	43.7	33.0	193.2
SD	10.2	72.7	2.3	0.5	9.5	16.3	97.3

^aP values are for comparisons of samples with fungi and samples without fungi.