Research Article
Prevalence and Determinants of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Lower Extremity Amputations in Three Selected Tertiary Hospitals in Ghana
Table 6
Univariate analysis of biochemical characteristics associated with lower extremity amputations among study subjects.
| | Characteristic | | DLLA (%) | No DLLA (%) | value |
| | Serum Cr. (μmol/L) | | | | | | Abnormal (>120) | 14 (100) | 1 (7.1) | 13 (85.7) | 0.241 | | Normal (≤120) | 86 (100) | 2 (2.3) | 84 (98.8) | | | eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | | | | | | Abnormal (<60) | 27 (100) | 2 (7.4) | 72 (98.6) | 0.116 | | Normal (≥60) | 73 (100) | 1 (1.4) | 25 (92.6) | | | Serum urea (mmol/L) | | | | | | Abnormal (>8.3) | 97 (100) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 0.002 | | Normal (≤8.3) | 3 (100) | 2 (2.1) | 95 (97.9) | | | Total Chol. (mmol/L) | | | | | | Abnormal (>6.5) | 7 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 90 (96.8) | 0.629 | | Normal (≤6.5) | 93 (100) | 3 (3.2) | 7 (100) | | | Triglycerides (mmol/L) | | | | | | Normal (≤1.7) | 32 (100) | 2 (6.2) | 30 (93.8) | 0.191 | | Abnormal (>1.7) | 68 (100) | 1 (3) | 67 (97) | | | HDL Chol. (mmol/L) | | | | | | Abnormal (<1.03) | 22 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 22 (100) | 0.350 | | Normal (≥1.03) | 78 (100) | 3 (3.8) | 75 (96.2) | | | LDL Chol. (mmol/L) | | | | | | Abnormal (>4.9) | 3 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (100) | 0.757 | | Normal (≤4.9) | 97 (100) | 3 (3.1) | 94 (96.9) | |
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