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. 2015 Mar 5;16:48. doi: 10.1186/s12891-015-0508-3

Table 1.

The relationship between gender and stump problems

Gender Cases Time a Excess soft tissue Scar Ulcer Neuroma Spur
N(%) N(%) N(%) N(%) N(%)
Male 47 1.10 ± 0.56 24(30.0) 42(52.5) 14(17.5) 38(47.5) 56(70.0)
Female 25 1.06 ± 0.68 8(7.8) 17(13.65) 7(4.55) 13(12.35) 17(18.2)
Statistics 0.455 0.011 2.564 2.369 0.097 0.391
P value 0.650 0.917 0.109 0.124 0.750 0.532

aMean months from primary amputation to stump revision, logarithmic transformation was performed to obtain normal distribution.