Table 3.
Wound characteristics at baseline
| Characteristic | AQUACEL® Ag/AQUACEL® (n = 145) | Urgotul® Silver/Urgotul® (n = 136) | P‐value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD or N (%) | Minimum/maximum | Mean ± SD or N (%) | Minimum/maximum | ||
| Duration of leg ulcer | 0·8 ± 0·6 | 0·01/2·0 | 0·72 ± 0·53 | 0·04/1·83 | 0·24 |
| Ankle to brachial pressure index | 1·03 ± 0·15 | 0·8/1·52 | 1·06 ± 0·17 | 0·8/2·05 | 0·17 |
| Leg ulcer is present | |||||
| Left | 83 (57·2) | 58 (42·6) | |||
| Right | 62 (42·8) | 78 (57·4) | 0·01 | ||
| Primary location of ulcer | |||||
| Foot | 3 (2·1) | 2 (1·5) | |||
| Ankle | 63 (43·4) | 70 (51·5) | 0·61 | ||
| Calf | 51 (35·2) | 42 (30·9) | |||
| Gaiter | 28 (19·3) | 22 (16·2) | |||
| Ulcer recurrent or new | |||||
| Recurrent | 69 (47·6) | 47 (34·6) | |||
| New | 76 (52·4) | 89 (65·4) | 0·03 | ||
| Depth of leg ulcer | |||||
| Superficial | 15 (10·3) | 16 (11·8) | |||
| Shallow | 119 (82·1) | 111 (81·6) | 0·64 | ||
| Deep | 11 (7·6) | 9 (6·6) | |||
| Current status of ulcer | |||||
| Unavailable | 0 | 1 (0·7) | |||
| Improving | 25 (17·2) | 28 (20·6) | 0·41 | ||
| No progress | 63 (43·3) | 57 (41·9) | |||
| Deteriorating | 57 (39·3) | 50 (36·8) | |||