An Alteration of Lymphocytes Subpopulations and Immunoglobulins Levels in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers Infected Particularly by Resistant Pathogens

Table 1

A comparison of basic characteristics and certain inflammatory markers between the study groups.

Evaluated parameters	Patients with DFUs ()	Diabetic controls ()	value
Age (years)	60.3 ± 7.7	58.5 ± 6.9	NS
Type of diabetes (type 1/type 2/other types; %)	16.2/80.9/2.9	15.6/84.4/0	NS
Serum glucose level (mmol/L)	10.8 ± 5.4	9.6 ± 3.7	NS
HbA1c according to IFCC (mmol/mol)	67 ± 19	62 ± 21	NS
Serum level of creatinine (μmol/L)	107.7 ± 58.8	84.5 ± 14.3
Serum level of CRP (mg/L)	10.7 ± 14.7	2.7 ± 2.2
Serum level of procalcitonin (μmol/L)	0.07 ± 0.08	0.1 ± 0	NS

Data are presented as means ± SD; types of diabetes mellitus are in percentages; patients with DFUs (diabetic foot ulcers; ); age, sex, and type of diabetes matched diabetic controls (); HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin; IFCC: International Federation of Clinical Chemistry; NS: nonsignificant; value of significance between patients with DFUs and diabetic controls determined using -test or Mann–Whitney test.