Table 4.

Factors affecting healing time

Factors	Healing Time	In Weeks	p-value
Duration of diabetes: <10 years vs. ≥10 years	12 (8)	15 (17)	0.147
Smoker: yes vs. no	17 (14)	12 (9)	0.509
Routine foot care: with vs. without	3a	12 (11)	0.096
Plantar location of ulcer: yes vs. no	13.5 (10)	12 (12)	0.225
More than 1 ulcer on foot: yes vs. no	12 (8)	20 (8)	0.078
Foot ulcer duration on presentation: <4 weeks vs. ≥4 weeks	4.5 (7)	12 (11)	<0.0001*
Peripheral Arterial Disease: yes vs. no	9.5 (12)	12 (11)	0.885
Osteomyelitis: yes vs. no	14.5 (21)	12 (8)	0.485
Neuropathy: yes vs. no	12 (11)	10 (11)	0.560

Data presented as median (interquartile range).

^aSingle case

^*Significant at 5% level