Diabetic Microangiopathy Is an Independent Predictor of Incident Diabetic Foot Ulcer
Table 3
Hazard ratios for diabetic foot ulcer in the adjusted models according to the microangiopathy complications category at baseline.
Model 1
values
Model 2
values
Model 3
values
HR (95% CI)
Adjusted HR (95% CI)
Adjusted HR (95% CI)
Category 1
1.00
1.00
1.00
Category 2
0.74 (0.21–2.64)
0.64
0.73 (0.21–2.59)
0.62
0.66 (0.18–2.36)
0.52
Category 3
2.26 (0.91–5.69)
0.08
1.60 (0.63–4.07)
0.32
1.72 (0.67–4.42)
0.25
Category 4
6.84 (3.48–13.41)
<0.001
3.91 (1.91–7.95)
<0.001
3.17 (1.52–6.61)
0.002
Neuropathy
—
—
4.37 (2.03–9.43)
<0.001
3.67 (1.66–8.01)
0.001
Angiopathy
—
—
—
7.74 (3.87–15.5)
<0.001
Model 1: adjusted for age and sex; Model 2: Model 1 + adjusted for neuropathy; Model 3: Model 2 + adjusted for angiopathy. CI: confidence interval; HR: hazard ratio.
