Table 5.
Demographics and comorbidities
| Cohort with Charcot arthropathy vs. cohort without, diabetics only | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Charcot (N = 717) | Charcot (N = 54) | P value | |||
| N | %Total | N | %Total | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 370 | 51.6 | 26 | 48.1 | 0.624 |
| Male | 347 | 48.4 | 28 | 51.9 | |
| Race | 0.331 | ||||
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Asian | 23 | 3.2 | 3 | 5.6 | |
| Black or African American | 179 | 25 | 14 | 25.9 | |
| Declined | 75 | 10.5 | 8 | 14.8 | |
| Hispanic | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1.9 | |
| Other | 96 | 13.4 | 8 | 14.8 | |
| Unknown | 29 | 4 | 2 | 3.7 | |
| White | 306 | 42.7 | 18 | 33.3 | |
| Smoking | 255 | 38.1 | 21 | 39.6 | 0.828 |
| Diabetic nephropathy | 62 | 8.6 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.204 |
| Diabetic retinopathy | 96 | 13.4 | 5 | 9.3 | 0.386 |
| Diabetic neuropathy | 76 | 15.7 | 7 | 20 | 0.103 |
| Hypertension | 505 | 70.4 | 43 | 79.6 | 0.151 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 62 | 8.6 | 4 | 7.4 | 0.754 |
| Coronary artery disease | 180 | 25.1 | 16 | 29.6 | 0.461 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 128 | 17.9 | 9 | 16.7 | 0.826 |
| Age, year | 61 (14) | 57 (14) | 0.087 | ||
| BMI | 31.7 (7.9) | 31.8 (8.7) | 0.301 | ||
| Mean number of HgA1c values drawn | 7 (6) | 8 (6) | 0.512 | ||
| HgA1c, mean | 6.7 (1.5) | 6.5 (1.4) | 0.401 | ||
Significance defined as P < .05. Continuous variables expressed as mean (standard deviation)