Prevalence of active foot disease and foot disease risk factors in a subacute inpatient rehabilitation facility: a cross-sectional prevalence study

Table 2 Numbers and proportions (%) of medical co-morbidity and foot disease history for foot disease subgroups

	All participants		Nil foot disease risk factors		Single foot disease risk factor		Multiple foot disease risk factors
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	pvalue
Co-morbidities	85	100	37	100	20	100	28	100
Hypertension	52	61.2	22	59.5	15	75.0	15	53.6	0.311
Dyslipidaemia	41	48.2	17	45.9	14	70.0	10	35.7	0.060
Smoker	15	17.6	4	10.8	6	30.0	5	17.9	0.193
Diabetes	19	22.4	5	13.5	6	30.0	8	28.6	0.227
CVD	40	47.1	17	45.9	9	45.0	14	50.0	0.928
CKD	14	16.5	4	10.8	5	25.0	5	17.9	0.376
ESRF	4	4.7	0	0	1	5.0	3	10.7	NA
Neuropathy^#	12	14.1	0	0	3	15.0	9	32.1	0.001
PAD^#	15	17.6	0	0	6	30.0	9	32.1	0.001

^#Self-reported history; CVD: Cardiovascular disease; CKD: Chronic kidney disease; ESRF: End stage renal failure; PAD: Peripheral arterial disease. NA: Not applicable to test as the assumption of Chi-squared test is violated as 2 cells had expected count < 5.