Application and Clinical Effectiveness of Antibiotic-Loaded Bone Cement to Promote Soft Tissue Granulation in the Treatment of Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers Complicated by Osteomyelitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Study population demographic characteristics.

	No. of patients	Gender ()	Mean age (years)	HbA1c (%)	Type of diabetes	BMI (kg/m^2)	ABI	Ulceration site	Wagner grade
		M/F			1/2			F/M/H	III/IV
Control group	18	11/7			5/13			7/6/5	10/8
Study group	18	13/5			3/15			11/5/2	11/7
value		>0.05	>0.05	>0.05	>0.05	>0.05	>0.05	>0.05	>0.05

Data presented as ; gender: M, male; F, Female; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; BMI, body mass index; ABI, ankle brachial index; ulceration site: F, forefoot; M, midfoot; H, hindfoot.