TABLE 1.

Patient demographic.

Factor	All patients				Amputation reason								p
					Non-vascular				Vascular
	N	%	Mean (SD)	Mean (range)	N	%	Mean (SD)	Mean (range)	N	%	Mean (SD)	Mean (range)
N	30	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-
Age (years)	45.87	-	17.61	-	37.75	-	13.39	-	62.10	-	13.47	-	< 0.01*
Sex†	26	87	-	-	18	90	-	-	8	80	-	-	0.58
Employed prior to amputation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.06
No	2	7	-	-	1	5	-	-	1	10	-	-	-
Formal employment	8	27	-	-	3	15	-	-	5	50	-	-	-
Informal employment	20	67	-	-	16	80	-	-	4	40	-	-	-
Employed since amputation‡	3	10	-	-	3	15	-	-	0	0	-	-	0.53
Smoker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.03*
Current	1	3	-	-	1	5	-	-	0	0	-	-	-
Former	5	17	-	-	1	5	-	-	4	40	-	-	-
Never	24	80	-	-	18	90	-	-	6	60	-	-	-
Alcohol use§	6	20	-	-	2	10	-	-	4	40	-	-	0.14
Amputation side	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.14
Left	18	60	-	-	14	70	-	-	4	40	-	-	-
Right	12	40	-	-	6	30	-	-	6	60	-	-	-
Days from amputation to prosthesis fitting	387.79	-	-	183–803	412	-	-	195.97	304.80	-	-	138.98	0.13
Used assistive devices for ambulation	17	65	-	-	9	53	-	-	8	89	-	-	0.1
Diabetes¶	8	27	-	-	1	5	-	-	7	70	-	-	< 0.01*
Peripheral vascular disease¶	5	17	-	-	0	0	-	-	5	50	-	-	< 0.01*
Other comorbidities‡‡	4	13	-	-	2	10	-	-	2	20	-	-	0.58
Prosthesis use at 12 months§§	20	71	-	-	16	84	-	-	4	44	-	-	0.07
EQ-5D index prior to amputation	1.00	-	0.03	-	1	-	0	-	0.99	-	0.05	-	0.16
EQ-5D VAS prior to amputation	94.83	-	11.21	-	93.75	-	13.36	-	97	-	4.50	-	0.46

SD, standrad deviation; EQ-5D, EuroQol-5D; VAS, visual analog scale.

^*, p ≤ 0.05.

^†, Sex reported as number and % of population male.

^‡, Employment reported as % of population who are employed.

^§, Alcohol use reported as % of population who use alcohol.

^¶, Diabetes reported as % of population with diabetes.

^††, Peripheral vascular disease reported as % of population with peripheral vascular disease.

^‡‡, Includes: heart, lung and kidney disease and stroke.

^§§, Prosthesis use reported as % of population using prosthesis at 12 months.