Table 2. Comparison of characteristics of prosthetized versus non-prosthetized.
| Variable | Prosthetization |
p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (n=44) | Yes (n=151) | Total (n=195) | ||
| Mean age (SD) | 65.2 (13.2) | 61.0 (10.8) | 61.9 (11.4) | 0.029* |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 14 (31.8) | 41 (27.2) | 55 (28.2) | 0.545 |
| Male | 30 (68.2) | 110 (72.8) | 140 (71.8) | |
| Transfemoral level | 18 (40.9) | 71 (47.0) | 89 (45.6) | 0.474 |
| Unilateral right | 7 (15.9) | 33 (21.8) | 40 (20.5) | |
| Unilateral left | 9 (20.5) | 37 (24.5) | 46 (23.6) | |
| Bilateral | 2 (4.5) | 1 (0.7) | 3 (1.5) | |
| Transtibial | 26 (59.1) | 80 (53.0) | 106 (54.4) | |
| Unilateral right | 11 (25.0) | 38 (25.2) | 49 (25.1) | |
| Unilateral left | 13 (29.6) | 40 (26.5) | 53 (27.2) | |
| Bilateral | 2 (4.5) | 2 (1.3) | 4 (2.1) | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | >0.999# | |||
| No | 44 (100.0) | 150 (99.3) | 194 (99.5) | |
| Yes | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.5) | |
| Arterial hypertension | 0.324 | |||
| No | 15 (34.1) | 40 (26.5) | 55 (28.2) | |
| Yes | 29 (65.9) | 111 (73.5) | 140 (71.8) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 0.574 | |||
| No | 14 (31.8) | 55 (36.4) | 69 (35.4) | |
| Yes | 30 (68.2) | 96 (63.6) | 126 (64.6) | |
| Coronary artery disease | 0.243 | |||
| No | 34 (77.3) | 128 (84.8) | 162 (83.1) | |
| Yes | 10 (22.7) | 23 (15.2) | 33 (16.9) | |
| Chronic renal failure | 0.118# | |||
| No | 40 (90.9) | 146 (96.7) | 186 (95.4) | |
| Yes | 4 (9.1) | 5 (3.3) | 9 (4.6) | |
| Acute arterial obstruction | 0.523# | |||
| No | 40 (90.9) | 141 (93.4) | 181 (92.8) | |
| Yes | 4 (9.1) | 10 (6.6) | 14 (7.2) | |
| Chronic arterial obstruction | 0.429 | |||
| No | 28 (63.6) | 86 (57.0) | 114 (58.5) | |
| Yes | 16 (36.4) | 65 (43.0) | 81 (41.5) | |
| Dyslipidemia | 0.663 | |||
| No | 36 (81.8) | 119 (78.8) | 155 (79.5) | |
| Yes | 8 (18.2) | 32 (21.2) | 40 (20.5) | |
| Congestive heart failure | 0.735# | |||
| No | 41 (93.2) | 142 (94.0) | 183 (93.8) | |
| Yes | 3 (6.8) | 9 (6.0) | 12 (6.2) | |
| Smoking | 0.108 | |||
| No | 35 (79.5) | 101 (66.9) | 136 (69.7) | |
| Yes | 9 (20.5) | 50 (33.1) | 59 (30.3) | |
| Mean number of comorbidities (SD) | 2.57 (1.04) | 2.66 (1.07) | 2.64 (1.06) | 0.531** |
| Death | <0.001 | |||
| No | 27 (61.4) | 134 (88.7) | 161 (82.6) | |
| Yes | 17 (38.6) | 17 (11.3) | 34 (17.4) | |
Result of the χ2 test; * result of the Student t test; # result of the likelihood ratio; ** result of th Mann-Wihitney test. SD: standart deviation.