Table 1.

Patients’ baseline characteristics.

Characteristics	Experimental group	Control group
Number of patients	50	50
Sex
Male	27	26
Female	23	24
Age (median age), yr	67	66
Diabetes duration (yr)	16	17
Diabetic mixed ulcers	25	25
Diabetic venous ulcer	15	15
Diabetic ischemic ulcer	10	10
Wagner grading
I	6	7
II	35	37
III	9	6