Table 2.
Demographics and Diabetic Complications of Patients with Hospitalization for Diabetic Foot Infection
| 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% |
Text in large, bold, italic font shows findings that correspond to clinical expectation (see discussion).