. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Invest Dermatol. 2011 Jun 23;131(10):2121–2127. doi: 10.1038/jid.2011.176

Table 2.

Adjusted β-coefficients and 95% confidence intervals for the relationship between change in wound area per day and other variables.

Variable^*	Change in Wound Area Per Day (β) (cm²/day)	P-Value
Age (per 12 years)	0.017 (−0.065, 0.100)	0.680
Female (versus male)	0.038 (−0.132, 0.209)	0.659
African American race (versus white race)	−0.063 (−0.174, 0.048)	0.263
Body mass index (per 9.76 kg/m²),	0.053 (−0.032, 0.139)	0.220
Wound number (per 1.54 wounds)	−0.001 (−0.059, 0.058)	0.982
Total cholesterol (per 44.7 mg/dl)	−0.060 (−0.137, 0.017)	0.126
LDL cholesterol (per 41.5 mg/dl)	0.035 (−0.025, 0.094)	0.250
HDL cholesterol (per 15.9 mg/dl)	−0.020 (−0.069, 0.029)	0.414
Triglycerides (per 75.4 mmol/l)	−0.016 (−0.085, 0.052)	0.641
Systolic blood pressure (per 23.3 mmHg)	0.020 (−0.063, 0.102)	0.641
Diastolic blood pressure (per 13.5 mmHg)	−0.074 (−0.151, 0.003)	0.060
Pulse (per 14.3 bpm)	0.025 (−0.037, 0.087)	0.432
Temperature (per 0.58 ° Fahrenheit)	0.015 (−0.048, 0.078)	0.639
White blood cell count (per 2490.42 cells/microliter)	0.118 (−0.085, 0.266)	0.119
Former smoker (versus never smoker)	−0.015 (−0.224, 0.067)	0.862
Current smoker (versus never smoker)	0.054 (−0.103, 0.212)	0.496
Neuropathy (versus no neuropathy)	−0.079 (−0.224, 0.067)	0.287
Peripheral artery disease (versus no peripheral artery disease)	−0.053 (−0.144, 0.038)
HbA1c (per 1.0% point)	−0.028 (−0.054, −0.003)	0.027

All coefficients are expressed per SD except Hba1c, which is expressed per 1.0-% point.