Utility of Tetrahydrobiopterin Pathway in the Assessment of Diabetic Foot Ulcer: Significant and Complex Interrelations

Table 2

Hematological indices.

Determinants	Group I ()	Group II ()	Group III ()	ANOVA test		Post hoc test; comparison between groups
				value	value	value
Red cell width distribution				4.971	0.008	0.030; 0.008^†; 1.000^‡
Platelet width distribution				3.907	0.022	0.143; 1.000^†; 0.034‡
Mean platelet volume				0.246	0.783	1.000; 1.000^†; 1.000^‡
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h)					<0.001	1.000; <0.001^†; <0.001^‡

The results are expressed as . Comparison between groups I and II; ^†comparison between groups I and III; ^‡comparison between groups II and III. value was calculated by ANOVA test, post hoc Bonferroni test, for continuous data. Group I: healthy subjects; group II: nondiabetic ulcer patients; and group III: diabetic ulcer patients.