Association between Washing Residue on the Feet and Tinea Pedis in Diabetic Patients

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics.

			= 33
Age (years), mean ± SD			62.2 ± 12.7
Sex, (%)	Male		12 (36.4)
	Female		21 (63.6)
BMI, mean ± SD		= 30	25.9 ± 5.5
Type of diabetics, (%)	Type 1		4 (12.1)
	Type 2		27 (81.8)
	Other		2 (6.1)
Diabetes duration (years), mean ± SD			16.3 ± 8.6
HbA1c (%), mean ± SD		= 31	7.9 ± 1.3
Sensory neuropathy, (%)	Yes		23 (69.7)
	No		10 (30.3)
Angiopathy, (%)	Yes	= 32	3 (9.4)
	No		29 (90.6)
Foot deformity^*1, (%)	Yes		6 (18.2)
	No		27 (81.8)
History of foot ulcer, (%)	Yes		0 (0.0)
	No		33 (100.0)
History of foot amputation, (%)	Yes		1 (3.0)
	No		32 (97.0)
Tinea pedis, (%)			17 (51.5)
Interdigit type			9 (27.3)
Vesicular type			4 (12.1)
Hyperkeratotic type			8 (24.2)
Tinea unguium, n (%)			9 (27.3)
Family with tinea pedis^*2, n (%)	Yes		18 (54.5)
	No		9 (27.3)
	Unknown		6 (18.2)
Foot-washing frequency, n (%)	Every day	= 31	25 (80.6)
	Not every day		6 (19.4)

Bunions, bunionettes, crow toes, hammer toes, and hollow foot.
^*2Inclusion of the family that the patients once lived with.
SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin.