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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Association between socioeconomic position and diabetic foot ulcer outcomes: a population-based cohort study in South Korea

Variable

Total (%)

(N = 1289)

Age (SD), years

62.89 (12.2)

Sex

 Male

720 (55.9)

 Female

569 (44.1)

Follow-up (range), days

1214 [776–1606]

Type of health insurance

 NHI

1146 (89.0)

 MA

143 (11.1)

Residence regions

 Metropolitan

220 (17.1)

 Non-metropolitan

1069 (82.9)

Household income

 Low (0–7 decile)

689 (53.5)

 High (8–10 decile)

449 (34.9)

 Hypertension

1061 (82.3)

 Dyslipidemia

1153 (89.4)

 Stroke

526 (40.8)

 Cardiovascular disease

677 (52.5)

 Diabetic ophthalmopathy

268 (20.8)

 Diabetic nephropathy

366 (28.4)

 Diabetic neuropathy

628 (48.7)

 Diabetic vasculopathy

681 (52.8)

Type of DM

 T1DM

101 (7.8)

 T2DM

945 (73.3)

 Unspecified DM

243 (18.9)

Type of institution

 Tertiary

154 (11.9)

 Secondary

281 (21.8)

 Primary

854 (66.2)

SEP group

 1

85 (6.6)

 2

58 (4.5)

 3

357 (27.7)

 4

332 (25.8)

 5

256 (19.9)

 6

193 (15)

  1. SD Standard deviation; NHI National health insurance; MA Medical aid; DM Diabetes mellitus; SEP Socioeconomic position