Clinical characteristics and risk factors of lower extremity arterial disease in patients with diabetic foot ulcer.
10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2022.04.18
- Author:
Ai Ping HE
1
;
Xin Yi DING
2
;
Jia Li HUANG
1
;
Xiang Rong LUO
1
;
Jian Fu MENG
1
;
Ying CAO
1
;
Fang GAO
1
;
Meng Chen ZOU
1
Author Information
1. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
2. Department of Occupational Health and Medicine, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
clinical characteristics;
diabetic foot ulcer;
lower extremity arterial disease;
risk factors
- MeSH:
Amputation;
Diabetes Mellitus;
Diabetic Foot/epidemiology*;
Humans;
Lower Extremity;
Retrospective Studies;
Risk Factors
- From:
Journal of Southern Medical University
2022;42(4):604-609
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the clinical characteristics of lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD) and its risk factors in patients with diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).
METHODS:We retrospectively collected the clinical and follow-up data of 650 patients with DFU treated in the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Nanfang Hospital between January, 2017 and December, 2019. We compared the data between patients who had LEAD and those without LEAD and used a multivariate logistic regression model to analyze the risk factors of LEAD in DFU patients.
RESULTS:Among the 650 DFU patients, 470 (72.4%) had LEAD. The patients were followed up for a mean of 3.5 months, and the mean healing time of DFU was 2.55 months; healing of DFU occurred in 453 patients and 183 patients received amputation. The patients with LEAD and those without LEAD differed significantly in age, hospitalization costs, diastolic blood pressure (DBP), glycated hemoglobin, blood lipid levels, disease course, ankle brachial index, healing time, smoking history, clinical outcomes, Wagner grade and imaging results (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified age (OR=1.070, 95% CI: 1.049-1.091), smoking history (OR= 2.013, 95% CI: 1.268-3.195), and a decreased DBP (OR=0.980, 95% CI: 0.963-0.997) as independent risk factors for LEAD in DFU patients. A prolonged healing time was a prominent clinical feature of DFU complicated by LEAD.
CONCLUSION:DFU patients have a high incidence of LEAD, which leads to high rates of disability and mortality and is associated with an advanced age, high smoking rate and longer healing time. A decreased DBP is also a risk factor for LEAD in DFU patients.
