Foot Complications in a Representative Australian Inpatient Population

Table 4

Independent factors associated with previous foot ulcers (odds ratios [95% CI]).

Risk factor	Unadjusted	value	Adjusted^a	value
Vision impairment	2.10 (1.09–4.03)	0.026	1.89 (0.95–3.77)	0.069
PN	3.17 (1.81–5.56)	<0.001	3.75 (2.06–6.85)	<0.001
PAD	3.77 (2.15–6.62)	<0.001	3.88 [2.14–7.06]	<0.001
Podiatry past foot treatment	3.16 (1.80–5.55)	<0.001	2.88 (1.59–5.22)	<0.001
Nurse past foot treatment	8.45 (2.88–24.84)	<0.001	18.80 (5.15–68.66)	<0.001
Model 1 results	Pseudo R^2: 0.305; Omnibus: ,	Missing: 9 (1.2%); H&L:	Pseudo R^2: 0.364; Omnibus: ,	Missing: 31 (4.2%); H&L:

. ^aAdjusted for identified confounders of geographical remoteness and socioeconomic status; pseudo R²: Nagelkerke R²; omnibus: omnibus tests of model coefficients; df: degrees of freedom; missing: excluded cases with any missing data; H&L: Hosmer and Lemeshow test; PAD: peripheral arterial disease; PN: peripheral neuropathy.