Research Article

Inhibition of TNF-α Reverses the Pathological Resorption Pit Profile of Osteoclasts from Patients with Acute Charcot Osteoarthropathy

Table 1

Demographic features of the study patients.

CharcotDiabetesHealthy control subjects

Age (years)57 [53–64]60 [55–66]45 [42–48]
Gender (male : female)6 : 43 : 45 : 3
Type 1 : type 2 diabetes4 : 61 : 6
Duration of diabetes (years)17 [8–29]10 [9–26]

Data expressed as median [25th–75th percentile].
Nonsignificant difference in age, gender distribution, type and duration of diabetes (Charcot patients versus diabetic patients), and age and gender (Charcot patients versus healthy control subjects); ( for all pairwise comparisons).