Foot Complications in a Representative Australian Inpatient Population
Table 1
Proportion of the diabetes and nondiabetes participants with foot complications.
Foot complication
All n (% (95% CI))
Diabetes n (% (95% CI))
Nondiabetes n (% (95% CI))
value
Participants
733
172
561
Foot complication(s)a
336 (46.0% (42.4–49.7))
112 (65.5% (58.1–72.2)
224 (40.1% (36.2–44.3))
<0.001
Multiple foot complicationsb
175 (23.9% (20.9–27.1))
66 (38.6% (31.6–46.1))
109 (19.5% (16.4–23.0))
<0.001
Previous foot diseasec
81 (11.1% (9.0–13.6))
38 (22.1% (16.5–28.9))
43 (7.7% (5.7–10.2))
<0.001
Previous amputation
30 (4.1% (2.9–5.8))
16 (9.3% (5.7–14.7))
14 (2.5% (1.4–4.2)))
<0.001
Previous foot ulcer
72 (9.8% (7.9–12.2)
35 (20.3% (15.0–27.0))
37 (6.6% (4.8–9.0)))
<0.001
Peripheral arterial disease
153 (21.0% (18.2–24.1))
60 (35.1% (28.3–42.5))
93 (16.7% (13.8–20.0))
<0.001
Peripheral neuropathy
160 (22.0% (19.1–25.1))
74 (43.3% (36.1–50.8))
86 (15.4% (12.6–18.6))
<0.001
Foot deformity
158 (22.4% (19.5–25.6))
51 (30.5% (24.0–37.9))
107 (19.9% (16.7–23.5))
0.004
.aParticipants with at least one foot complication. bParticipants with two or more foot complications. cParticipants with previous foot disease (either previous foot ulcer or previous amputation); CI: confidence interval.
