Table 4.
Relationship between risk of DFUs and patient sociodemographic characteristics.
| Level of risk |
P value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No risk (n = 104) |
Mild risk (n = 57) |
Moderate risk (n = 29) |
High risk (n = 10) |
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| Variables | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| 18–28 | 18 | 17.5 | 4 | 6.3 | 2 | 8.3 | 1 | 10.6 | 0.001* |
| 29–39 | 22 | 21.3 | 8 | 13.6 | 3 | 11.0 | 3 | 27.7 | |
| 40–49 | 23 | 21.9 | 15 | 26.8 | 7 | 23.4 | 2 | 17.0 | |
| 50–65 | 41 | 39.3 | 30 | 53.3 | 17 | 57.2 | 4 | 44.7 | |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 46 | 43.8 | 33 | 57.8 | 13 | 43.4 | 7 | 72.3 | 0.001* |
| Female | 58 | 56.2 | 24 | 42.2 | 16 | 56.6 | 3 | 27.7 | |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Single | 13 | 12.7 | 7 | 12.9 | 1 | 3.4 | 1 | 10.0 | 0.001* |
| Married | 44 | 42.4 | 38 | 65.2 | 17 | 60.0 | 1 | 10.0 | |
| Divorced | 18 | 17.7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 13.8 | 1 | 10.0 | |
| Widowed | 28 | 27.3 | 7 | 12.9 | 7 | 22.8 | 7 | 70.0 | |
| Education level | |||||||||
| Illiterate | 42 | 40.5 | 30 | 52.3 | 15 | 51.7 | 5 | 50.0 | 0.001* |
| Basic education | 38 | 37.1 | 19 | 33.1 | 11 | 37.9 | 2 | 20.0 | |
| Secondary school | 12 | 11.2 | 5 | 9.4 | 2 | 6.9 | 2 | 20.0 | |
| University | 12 | 11.2 | 3 | 5.2 | 1 | 3.5 | 1 | 10.0 | |
| Employment status | |||||||||
| Not working | 42 | 39.4 | 25 | 43.8 | 13 | 44.8 | 2 | 20.0 | 0.001* |
| Working | 58 | 60.6 | 32 | 56.2 | 16 | 55.2 | 8 | 80.0 | |
| Area of residence | |||||||||
| Rural | 47 | 45.1 | 31 | 54.3 | 20 | 68.9 | 6 | 60.0 | 0.001* |
| Urban | 53 | 54.9 | 26 | 45.7 | 9 | 31.1 | 4 | 40.0 | |