Stratification of Highest-Risk Patients with Chronic Skin Ulcers in a Stanford Retrospective Cohort Includes Diabetes, Need for Systemic Antibiotics, and Albumin Levels

Table 3

Laboratory biomarkers¹ in patients with healing and non-healing wounds.

	Healing wound	Non-healing wound	P value
Albumin^2 (g/dL)	3.4±0.4	2.7±0.8	<0.01*
Hb^3 (g/dL)	12.2±1.6	11.3±2.2	0.01*
WBC^4 (cells/mm^3)	8.2±3.0	10.1±3.4	<0.01*
Random glucose^5 (mg/dL)	148±59	167±56	0.13
HbA1c^6(%)	7.2±1.4	8.1±2.2	0.17

¹Laboratory measurements closest to diagnosis of ulcer but no more than 3 months prior to diagnosis were recorded.
²Based on 𝑛=88; ³Based on 𝑛=121; ⁴Based on 𝑛=121; ⁵Based on 𝑛=89; ⁶Based on 𝑛=35.