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. 2020 Feb 13;13:377–386. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S237362

Table 3.

Characteristics of Patients with Diabetic Foot Disease with or Without Sarcopenia

Non-Sarcopenia Sarcopenia P value
Gender (male/female) 85/81 70/21 <0.001
Age (year) 64.90±10.62 68.74±11.39 0.006
Duration of Diabetes (year) 10(5,18) 9(4,15) 0.215
Duration of DFD (year) 1.0(0.3,3.0) 2.0(0.7,4.0) 0.044
BMI (Kg/m2) 24.87±2.85 21.51±2.30 <0.001
History of foot ulcer (%) 27.1 23.5 0.522
Smoking (%) 43.9 65.7 0.001
Hypertension (%) 59.4 57.8 0.810
Coronary heart disease (%) 15.5 29.4 0.007
Cerebrovascular disease (%) 9.7 12.7 0.440
White Blood Cell (*109/L) 8.22±3.62 9.12±4.19 0.113
Hemoglobin (g/L) 119.03±18.89 115.73±23.24 0.214
Neutrophil (*109/L) 71.83±9.49 73.37±10.45 0.224
ALT (U/L) 21.11±14.68 18.72±15.61 0.102
AST (U/L) 17(13, 27) 17(13, 23) 0.427
Creatinine (μmol/L) 77(58, 97) 81(66, 114) 0.078
Uric Acid (μmol/L) 285.52±105.27 287.31±111.99 0.897
UACR (mg/g) 427.0(11.6, 225.5) 124.7(507.1, 947.8) 0.010
Triglyceride (mmol/L) 1.43±1.52 1.39±0.68 0.397
Total Cholesterol (mmol/L) 3.73±1.06 3.82±1.14 0.577
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) 1.03(0.84, 1.22) 1.00(0.79, 1.17) 0.235
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) 2.14(1.64, 2.75) 2.09(1.82, 2.83) 0.479
HbA1c (%) 9.1(7.4, 11.7) 9.9(7.5, 12.0) 0.200
NSS (point) 4.67±2.12 5.44±1.62 0.032
NDS (point) 8.30±2.51 8.10±2.19 0.647
Right motor tibial NCV (m/s) 38.47±4.70 38.62±6.78 0.908
Left motor tibial NCV (m/s) 38.88±5.22 37.29±3.36 0.152
Right motor peroneal NCV (m/s) 40.42±8.02 37.99±7.15 0.208
Left motor peroneal NCV (m/s) 41.32±5.81 38.14±6.11 0.033
Chronic Diabetic Complications
 Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (%) 94.2 96.1 0.500
 Peripheral arterial disease (%) 14.8 33.0 0.001
 Diabetic Retinopathy (%) 47.1 42.3 0.458
 Diabetic Kidney Disease (%) 48.4 55.0 0.302

Notes: Data are presented as mean ± SD, median (interquartile range), or %.

Abbreviations: DFD, diabetic foot disease; BMI, body mass index; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; UACR, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio; HDL-cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin; NSS, Neuropathy symptom score; NDS, Neuropathy disability score; NCV, nerve conduction velocity.