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. 2012 Oct 30;3:10.3402/dfa.v3i0.18980. doi: 10.3402/dfa.v3i0.18980

Table 4.

Local factors affecting healing in chronic DFU >6 months’ duration

Healed No. (%) Not healed No. (%) p
Ulcer depth
 Grade 1 20 (87) 3 (13) 0.001*
 Grade 2 43 (57) 32 (43) 0.001*
 Grade 3 2 (20) 8 (80) 0.001*
Staphylococcus aureus 19 (53) 17(47) 0.516
Skin callus 30 (42) 41 (58) 0.000*
Previous toe amputation 28 (61) 18 (39) 0.692
Foot deformity
 Charcot joint 4 (29) 10 (71) 0.017*
 Clawtoe 13 (62) 8 (38) 0.853
 Pes cavus 27 (63) 16 (37) 0.653
 Crowded (overlapping) toes 18 (62) 11 (38) 0.809
 Hallux valgus 14 (70) 6 (30) 0.321
 Hammertoe 13 (54) 11 (46) 0.495
 Other deformity 17 (63) 10 (37) 0.734
Off-loading
 Total contact cast 27 (77) 8 (23) 0.013*
 Therapeutic shoes 36 (75) 12 (25) 0.017*
 Wheelchair 14 (82) 3 (18) 0.042*
 Crutches 24 (73) 9 (27) 0.077
 Other 0 1 0.578
*

p<0.05.