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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Vasc Surg. 2016 Feb 22;33:149–158. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2015.11.025

Table III.

Multivariablea analysis assessing major and minor amputation rates per admission comparing diabetics with nondiabetics, stratified by type of limb pathology

Amputation (0 = nondiabetics,
1 = diabetics)		 Major amputation
 Minor amputation
OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
Overall 0.70 0.64–0.77 <0.001 3.27 3.02–3.55 <0.001
Infection 0.84 0.72–0.98   0.045 4.58 4.10–5.11 <0.001
Neuropathy 0.68 0.46–0.99   0.030 0.64 0.50–0.83 <0.001
PVD 0.65 0.56–0.77 <0.001 1.61 1.27–2.02 <0.001
Gangrene 0.78 0.62–0.97   0.026 3.45 2.91–4.09 <0.001
a

Multivariable logistic regression controlling for age, sex, race, insurance status, income quartile, elective admission, Charlson comorbidity score, type of limb pathology, hospital location by US census region, urban versus rural assignment, teaching status, year of admission, any open or endovascular revascularization during the same hospitalization.