Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with and without chronic osteomyelitis
| Chronic osteomyelitis | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | ||
| N | 114 | 107 | - |
| Age (year) | 44.6±5.8 | 44.8±2.9 | 0.887 |
| Gender (male, %) | 60.5 | 68.2 | 0.233 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.9±3.0 | 24.5±2.5 | 0.298 |
| Any exercise (%) | 86.0 | 47.7 | <0.001** |
| Smoking (%) | 31.6 | 34.6 | 0.636 |
| Hypertension (%) | 30.7 | 28.0 | 0.664 |
| Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L) | 5.2±0.5 | 5.6±0.8 | 0.007** |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.06±0.56 | 4.14±0.36 | 0.242 |
| Triglyceride (mmol/L) | 1.25±0.20 | 1.27±0.21 | 0.324 |
| Low-Density Lipoprotein (mmol/L) | 2.02±0.27 | 2.15±0.33 | 0.001** |
| WBC (×109/L) | 7.07±1.72 | 11.95±2.2.5 | 0.009** |
| CRP (mg/L) | 6.3±2.7 | 23.1±5.4 | <0.001** |
BMI, body mass index. **, p<0.01