Research Article
Prevalence and Determinants of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Lower Extremity Amputations in Three Selected Tertiary Hospitals in Ghana
Table 3
Univariate analysis of biochemical characteristics associated with DFU among study participants.
| | Characteristic | | DFU (%) | No DFU (%) | value |
| | Serum Cr. (μmol/L) | | | | | | Abnormal (>120) | 14 (100) | 4 (28.6) | 10 (71.4) | 0.023 | | Normal (≤120) | 86 (100) | 7 (8.1) | 79 (91.9) | | | eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | | | | | | Abnormal (<60) | 27 (100) | 6 (22.2) | 21 (77.8) | 0.029 | | Normal (≥60) | 73 (100) | 5 (6.8) | 68 (93.2) | | | Serum urea (mmol/L) | | | | | | Abnormal (>8.3) | 3 (100) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 0.209 | | Normal (≤8.3) | 97 (100) | 10 (10.3) | 87 (89.7) | | | Total Chol. (mmol/L) | | | | | | Abnormal (>6.5) | 7 (100) | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | 0.773 | | Normal (≤6.5) | 93 (100) | 10 (10.8) | 83 (89.2) | | | Triglycerides (mmol/L) | | | | | | Abnormal (>1.7) | 32 (100) | 4 (12.5) | 28 (87.5) | 0.742 | | Normal (≤1.7) | 68 (100) | 7 (10.3) | 61 (89.7) | | | HDL Chol. (mmol/L) | | | | | | Abnormal (<1.03) | 22 (100) | 1 (4.5) | 22 (95.5) | 0.273 | | Normal (≥1.03) | 78 (100) | 10 (12.8) | 68 (87.2) | | | LDL Chol. (mmol/L) | | | | | | Abnormal (>4.9) | 3 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (100) | 0.536 | | Normal (≤4.9) | 97 (100) | 11 (11.3) | 86 (97) | |
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