Research Article
[Retracted] Insulin Topical Application for Wound Healing in Nondiabetic Patients
Table 1
Clinical features of patients with wounds in the experimental and control groups.
| | Experimental group () | Control group () | | value |
| | Age (years) | | | 0.35 | 0.213 | | Female | 63 (43.2%) | 88 (58.7%) | — | — | | Male | 83 (56.8%) | 62 (41.3%) | — | — | | Weight (kg) | | | 0.24 | 0.576 | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | 0.28 | 0.18 | | Size of the wound (cm2) | | | 0.67 | 0.59 | | Area of the body affected | | | | | | Upper extremity | 48 (32.9%) | 53 (35.3%) | — | — | | Lower limb | 57 (39%) | 45 (30%) | — | — | | Back | 11 (7.5%) | 14 (9.3%) | — | — | | Face | 3 (2%) | 5 (3.3%) | — | — | | Anterior thorax | 9 (6.2%) | 10 (6.7%) | — | — | | Abdomen | 12 (8.2%) | 13 (8.7%) | — | — | | Sacrum | 2 (1.4%) | 4 (2.7%) | — | — | | Head | 4 (2.7%) | 6 (4%) | — | — | | Cause of the wound | | | | | | Trauma | 79 (54.1%) | 94 (62.7%) | — | — | | Burn | 10 (6.8%) | 13 (8.7%) | — | — | | Pressure | 33 (22.6%) | 29 (19.3%) | — | — | | Scald | 24 (16.4%) | 14 (9.3%) | — | — | | Wound classification | | | | | | Clean | 40 (27.4%) | 37 (24.7%) | | | | Clean contaminated | 32 (21.9%) | 39 (26%) | | | | Contaminated | 39 (26.7%) | 42 (28%) | | | | Dirty | 35 (24.4%) | 32 (21.3%) | | | | Healing rate (mm2/day) | | | | 0.008 | | Time to healing (days) | | | | 0.39 |
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