Clinical Study

IGF-1 Increases with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Promotes Wound Healing in Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Table 3

Summary of IGF-1 values.

IGF-1MinimumMaximumMean ± SD

Initial values
 Overall48377152.36 ± 66.93
 Healed48377155.73 ± 70.00
 Non-healed85233135.50 ± 48.82
IGF-1 final values
 Overall57480201.12 ± 92.69
 Healed57480216.91 ± 92.12
 Non-healed80180122.16 ± 43.07
IGF-1 response to HBOT
 Overall−55+27648.75 ± 62.10
 Healed−25+27661.17 ± 59.84
 Non-healed−55+25−13.33 ± 25.67
IGF-1 percentage (final/initial)
 Overall0.682.901.37 ± 0.49
 Healed0.862.901.46 ± 0.49
 Non-healed0.681.290.91 ± 0.19

Statistics
ParameterHealed/nonhealed

IGF-1 initial
IGF-1 response to HBOT
IGF-1 percentage (final value/initial value)
IGF-1 response to HBOT and IGF-1 percentage (final/initial)
 Age
 Duration of DM
 Wagner grade
 HbA1C initial
 HbA1C final
 HbA1C response to HBOT and percentage and 0.37, respectively