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

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

 

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

  1. #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.