Research Article
Prevalence and Determinants of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Lower Extremity Amputations in Three Selected Tertiary Hospitals in Ghana
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants.
| | Characteristics | Frequency (%/) |
| | Age (years) | | | Age groups | | | 18-29 | 5 (5) | | 30-39 | 12 (12) | | 40-49 | 18 (18) | | 50-59 | 25 (25) | | ≥60 | 40 (40) | | Sex | | | Male | 31 (31) | | Female | 69 (69) | | Ethnicity | | | Northerner | 36 (36) | | Ga/Adangbe | 9 (9) | | Ewe | 5 (5) | | Akan | 50 (50) | | Marital status | | | Single | 9 (9) | | Married | 83 (83) | | Divorced | 6 (6) | | Widowed | 2 (2) | | Religion | | | Muslim | 36 (36) | | Christian | 64 (64) | | Level of education | | | Primary | 3 (3) | | JHS | 26 (26) | | SHS | 14 (14) | | Tertiary | 14 (14) | | Informal | 2 (2) | | None | 41 (41) | | Employment status | | | Employed | 20 (20) | | Self-employed | 62 (62) | | Not employed | 18 (18) |
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