Table 5.
Anatomical distribution of DFU among patients in selected referral hospitals in Uganda, November 2021 to January 2022 (n = 117)
| Variables | Less severe (G1&G2): n (%) |
Severe (G3, G4, &G5): n (%) | Total n(%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foot affected by DFU | 0.633 | |||
| Right | 23 (48.9) | 33 (47.1) | 56 (47.9) | |
| Left | 20 (42.6) | 27 (38.6) | 47 (40.2) | |
| Both | 4 (8.5) | 10 (14.3) | 14 (12.0) | |
| Location of DFU | ||||
| Heel | 0.409 | |||
| No | 38 (80.9) | 52 (74.3) | 90 (76.9) | |
| Yes | 9 (19.1) | 18 (25.7) | 27 (23.1) | |
| Dorsum | 0.074 | |||
| No | 26 (55.3) | 27 (38.6) | 53 (45.3) | |
| Yes | 21 (44.7) | 43 (61.4) | 64 (54.7) | |
| Plantar | 0.009 | |||
| No | 33 (70.2) | 32 (45.7) | 65 (55.6) | |
| Yes | 14 (29.8) | 38 (54.3) | 52 (44.4) | |
| Toes | 0.788 | |||
| No | 22 (46.8) | 31 (44.3) | 53 (45.3) | |
| Yes | 25 (53.2) | 39 (55.7) | 64 (54.7) | |
| Number of ulcers | 0.010 | |||
| 1 | 29 (61.7) | 30 (42.9) | 59 (50.4) | |
| 2 | 14 (29.8) | 15 (21.4) | 29 (24.8) | |
| 3 | 4 (8.5) | 22 (31.4) | 26 (22.2) | |
| 4 | 0 (0.0) | 3 (4.3) | 3 (2.6) | |
| Size of DFU in cm | < 0.001 | |||
| 1 to 5 | 34 (72.3) | 22 (31.4) | 56 (47.9) | |
| 5 to 10 | 13 (27.7) | 29 (41.4) | 42 (35.9) | |
| Over 10 | 0 (0.0) | 19 (27.1) | 19 (16.2) |
cm: centimeter