Table 2. Patient characteristics.
| ITEMS MEASURED | n = 97 | ||
| Body Mass (kg) | 72.34±6.01 | ||
| Height (m) | 1.55±0.60 | ||
| Diabetes Time (years) | 13.89±7.57 | ||
| Sex | Woman | 60.8 | |
| Man | 39.2 | ||
| Glycemic Control | Insulin | 6.2 | |
| Oral hypoglycemic | 79.4 | ||
| Insulin and hypoglycemic | 14.4 | ||
| Smoker | 9.3 | ||
| Alcohol Abuse | 8.3 | ||
| Hypertension | 73.2 | ||
| Hairiness | Normal | 20.6 | |
| Decreased | 50.5 | ||
| Absent | 28.9 | ||
| Anhidrosis | 36.1 | ||
| Skin color | Normal | 93.8 | |
| Cyanosis | 5.2 | ||
| Erythema | 1.0 | ||
| Skin Temperature | Normal | 97.9 | |
| Decreased | 2.1 | ||
| Presence of mycosis | 46.4 | ||
| Edema | 19.6 | ||
| Varices | In any limb | 18.6 | |
| Only in the leg | 29.9 | ||
| Varicosities | 5.2 | ||
| Formation of us | 1.0 | ||
| Foot deformities | Absent | 23.7 | |
| Present | 76.3 | ||
Data are means ± SD or % indicated.