The foot-health of people with diabetes in regional and rural Australia: baseline results from an observational cohort study

Table 4 State-based participant foot-health characteristics

Variable	Tasmania (n = 443)	Victoria (n = 456)	p
Sex
Male	262 (59.1)	244 (53.5)	0.09
Female	181 (40.9)	212 (46.5)	0.09
Age	64 (12.9)	70 (11.7)	< 0.0001^a
Diabetes type
Type 1	61 (13.8)	22 (4.8)	< 0.0001^a
Type 2	382 (86.2)	434 (95.2)	< 0.0001^a
Diagnosed > 20 years⁺	129 (29.6)	93 (20.8)	0.002^a
Current smoker	51 (11.5)	61 (13.4)	0.40
Knowledge of ideal HbA1c target (mmol/L)
≤ 7.5	224 (50.6)	184 (40.4)	0.002^a
> 7.5 or don’t know	219 (49.4)	272 (55.4)	0.002^a
IRSD decile (median (IQR))	3 (2–5)	3 (2–4)	0.33
Rurality of residence
Inner regional	168 (37.9)	403 (88.4)
Outer regional	240 (54.2)	53 (11.6)	< 0.0001^a
Remote or very remote	35 (7.9)	0 (−)
UT Risk Classification
No neuropathy	159 (35.9)	192 (42.1)	N/A
Neuropathy	63 (14.2)	86 (18.9)
Neuropathy with deformity	11 (2.5)	74 (16.2)
History of pathology	79 (17.8)	43 (9.4)
Neuropathic ulcer	67 (15.1)	37 (8.1)
Acute Charcot	6 (1.4)	2 (0.4)
Infection	19 (4.3)	6 (1.3)
Ischaemia	39 (8.8)	16 (3.5)
Consolidated UT Risk Classification
No neuropathy	159 (35.9)	192 (42.1)
Neuropathy/neuropathy with deformity	74 (16.7)	160 (35.1)	< 0.0001^a
History of, or current, pathology	210 (47.4)	104 (22.8)

Notes: Data presented as n (%) or mean (SD) or IRSD decile (median (IQR)). Percentages are reported by column. ⁺15 participants who could not provide duration of diabetes information excluded from this calculation. N/A: not reported due to small expected cell frequencies. ^aStatistically significant

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