Table 2.
Characteristics of COM patients enrolled
| Con | DDM | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 88 | 19 | - | |
| Age (year) | 44.7±2.6 | 45.1±3.6 | 0.703 | |
| Gender (male, %) | 68.2 | 68.4 | 0.984 | |
| COM duration (year) | 5.8±2.1 | 6.1±1.9 | 0.702 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.1±2.1 | 26.6±3.0 | <0.001** | |
| BMI in categories (%) | <18 kg/m2 | 5.6 | 5.2 | <0.001** |
| 18-24 kg/m2 | 73.9 | 15.7 | ||
| 24-28 kg/m2 | 19.4 | 42.2 | ||
| >28 kg/m2 | 1.1 | 36.9 | ||
| Any exercise (%) | 53.4 | 21.0 | 0.010* | |
| Smoking (%) | 34.1 | 36.8 | 0.819 | |
| Hypertension (%) | 38.6 | 31.5 | 0.564 | |
| Organisms (%) | Staph. aureus | 48.9 | 52.6 | 0.976 |
| Staph. epidermidis | 26.1 | 26.3 | ||
| Enterococcus faecalis | 17.0 | 15.8 | ||
| Others | 8.0 | 5.3 | ||
| Site of infection (%) | Tibia | 42.1 | 52.6 | 0.636 |
| Femur | 30.7 | 21.1 | ||
| Toe | 27.2 | 26.3 | ||
| Specialist visits frequency (%) | Every three months | 30.6 | 68.4 | 0.014* |
| Every half year | 37.5 | 21.1 | ||
| Every year | 14.8 | 10.5 | ||
| Less than once a year | 17.1 | 0.0 | ||
COM, chronic osteomyelitis; Con, chronic osteomyelitis patients without diabetes; DDM, chronic osteomyelitis patients with diabetes; BMI, body mass index. *, p<0.05; **, p<0.01.