Clinical Study
The Guyana Diabetes and Foot Care Project: Improved Diabetic Foot Evaluation Reduces Amputation Rates by Two-Thirds in a Lower Middle Income Country
Table 2
Major amputations by type at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
| Variable | Before intervention | After intervention | Test statistic | value |
| Time in months | 42 | 48 | | | above knee amputations | 124 | 113* | | | Mean (SD) | 2.95 (2.44) | 2.13 (1.81) | −1.82 () | 0.07 | Median (IQR) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–3) | 1.47 () | 0.14 | below knee amputations | 166 | 41* | | | Mean (SD) | 3.95 (2.64) | 0.77 (1.05) | −7.35 () | <0.0001 | Median (IQR) | 3 (2–5) | 0 (0-1) | 6.82 () | <0.0001 |
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Represents total with available dates. One AKA and 3 BKAs were not dated.
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