Foot Complications in a Representative Australian Inpatient Population

Table 7

Independent factors associated with peripheral neuropathy (odds ratios [95% CI]).

Risk factor	Unadjusted	value	Adjusted^a	value
Age groups		0.007		0.008
18–40 years	Referent		Referent
41–60 years	2.93 (1.07–8.01)	0.037	2.77 (1.01–7.62)	0.048
61–80 years	4.66 (1.80–12.08)	0.002	4.55 (1.75–11.80)	0.002
81+ years	4.73 (1.70–13.15)	0.003	4.42 (1.59–12.32)	0.004
Diabetes	3.91 (2.57–5.97)	<0.001	3.94 (2.55–6.07)	<0.001
Mobility impairment	3.37 (2.22–5.11)	<0.001	3.41 (2.24–5.20)	<0.001
PAD	1.93 (1.25–2.99)	0.003	2.08 (1.33–3.25)	0.001
Outside footwear worn		0.017		0.055
Low risk	Referent		Referent
Moderate risk	0.58 (0.29–1.15)	0.117	0.57 (0.28–1.13)	0.108
High risk	0.71 (0.45–1.11)	0.132	0.72 (0.45–1.14)	0.158
No footwear	3.99 (1.19–13.35)	0.025	3.01 (0.85–10.65)	0.088
Model 1 results	Pseudo R^2: 0.284; Omnibus: ,	Missing: 15 (2.0%); H&L:	Pseudo R^2: 0.289; Omnibus: ,	Missing: 33 (4.5%); H&L:

. ^aAdjusted for identified confounder of geographical remoteness; pseudo R²: Nagelkerke R²; omnibus: omnibus tests of model coefficients; df: degrees of freedom; missing: excluded cases with any missing data; H&L: Hosmer and Lemeshow test; PAD: peripheral arterial disease.