Research Article
Does the Diabetic Foot Have a Significant Impact on Selected Psychological or Social Characteristics of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus?
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the study groups.
| | Evaluated parameters | Patients with DF
(DF group; ) | Control group
(C group; ) | value |
| | Gender—men/women (%) | 70.9/29.1 | 58.3/41.7 | NS | | Age, mean ± SD (years) | | | NS | | BMI, mean ± SD (kg·m−2) | | | NS | | Type 1 diabetes mellitus/type 2 (%) | 21.2/78.8 | 18.8/81.2 | NS | | Diabetes duration, mean ± SD (years) | | | | | HbA1c, mean ± SD (mmol/mol)* | | | NS | | DF duration, mean ± SD (months) | | — | — | | Patients with severe peripheral diabetic neuropathy (%) | 97.1% | 27.1% | |
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HbA1c according to IFCC (normal values 28–40 mmol/mol).
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