Table 4.
Comorbidities (N = 37) Residential Homes
| Comorbidities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No edema | Chronic edema | |||||
| N | % | N | % | OR (95% CI) | p | |
| Diabetes | ||||||
| Absent | 52 | 80.0 | 49 | 68.1 | 1.00 | |
| Present | 13 | 20.0 | 23 | 31.9 | 1.88 (0.86–4.11) | 0.111 |
| Heart failure/CHD | ||||||
| Absent | 53 | 81.5 | 54 | 75.0 | 1.00 | |
| Present | 12 | 18.5 | 18 | 25.0 | 1.47 (0.65–3.35) | 0.354 |
| Neurological disease | ||||||
| Absent | 47 | 72.3 | 47 | 65.3 | 1.00 | |
| Present | 18 | 27.7 | 25 | 34.7 | 1.39 (0.67–2.88) | 0.375 |
| Peripheral arterial D. | ||||||
| Absent | 64 | 98.5 | 69 | 95.8 | 1.00 | |
| Present | 1 | 1.5 | 3 | 4.2 | 2.78 (0.28–27.44) | 0.349 |
| Smoking | ||||||
| No | 64 | 98.5 | 72 | 100.0 | 1.00 | 0.474a |
| Yes | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
a
Fisher's exact test.
CHD, chronic heart disease.