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. 2021 Oct 5;36(2):189–195. doi: 10.15605/jafes.036.02.14

Table 2.

Independent risk factors for non-healing of diabetic foot ulcer (major amputation, minor amputation, and persistently unhealed)

Factor Adjusted OR 95% CI p-value
Smoking 28.9 (6.8, 129.3) <0.0001*
Hemoglobin in g/dL 0.7 (0.4, 0.9) <0.0001*
Triglyceride in mg/dL 1.1 (1.0, 2.4) 0.010*
HDL in mg/dL 0.9 (0.8, 0.9) 0.010*
LDL in mg/dL 1.1 (1.0, 1.1) 0.009*
Peripheral Arterial Disease 56.8 (2.5, 877.2) <0.0001*
Osteomyelitis 66.5 (19.7, 217.8) <0.0001*
Neuropathy 9.9 (7.4, 19.0) 0.010*

HDL: High density lipoproteins, LDL: low-density lipoproteins, OR: oddsratio, CI: confidence interval

*

Significant at 5% level