Table 2 Predictors of amputation rate of diabetes foot ulcer and associated factors in Nekemte referral hospital, west Ethiopia, 2018

Sex

Male

19 (29.69)

45 (70.31)

1.46 (0.67–3.52)

0.158

Female

16 (31.37)

35 (68.63)

1

Age

18–27

2 (12.50)

14 (87.50)

1

0.115

28–37

4 (28.57)

10 (71.43)

1.76 (0.79–3.75)

0.184

38–47

7 (46.67)

8 (53.33)

2.10 (0.98–6.95)

0.150

48–57

8 (33.33)

16 (66.67)

3.24 (0.69–7.74)

0.228

58–67

9 (34.62)

17 (65.38)

2.76 (0.89–8.56)

0.187

68–77

5 (25.00)

15 (75.00)

3.61 (0.94–7.76)

0.223

Types of DM

Type 2 DM

23 (37.70)

38 (62.30)

1.47 (0.86–6.73)

0.074

Type 1 DM

12 (22.22)

42 (77.78)

1

Residence

Rural

17 (29.82)

40 (70.18)

2.73 (0.48–7.73)

0.247

Urban

18 (31.03)

40 (68.97)

1

Co-morbidity

Yes

23 (39.66)

35 (60.34)

2.74 (0.70–7.47)

0.190

No

12 (21.05)

45((78.95)

1

Wagner grades

Grade < 4

19 (21.84)

64 (78.16)

1

1

0.005*

Grade ≥ 4

16 (57.14)

16 (20.00)

4.70 (1.96–8.63)

1.59 (1.49–7.48)

Antibiotics given

Appropriate

14 (36.84)

24 (63.16)

1

1

0.017*

Inappropriate

21 (53.85)

18 (46.15)

3.48 (1.84–9.53)

2.14 (1.64–10.63)