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PrU site relative to severity of SCI
| Patients (n) | Total (26) | ASIA* |
P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A (17) | B (5) | C (4) | |||
| Site† | |||||
| Ankle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 |
| Foot | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.99 |
| Heel | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.47 |
| Ischium | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0.62 |
| Legs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.99 |
| Sacrum | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.81 |
| Trochanter | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.58 |
| Hip | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.58 |
| Total sites | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | |
*No one with PrU had ASIA score of D or E.
†Individuals may have had more than one pressure ulcer site. Total number of PrUs was 36 in 26 patients.
Fisher's exact test was used for all P values.
