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Published on 22 de diciembre de 2025 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2025.11.3135
Clinical and wound-related predictors for prolonged hospital stay in diabetes-related foot infections in a resource-limited setting: A retrospective cohort study
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General characteristics of the patients by length of hospital stay.
| Male gender | 174 (76.3) | 82 (71.3) | 92 (81.4) | 0.07 |
| Age (in years) * | 66 (57 to 73.5) | 68 (57 to 75) | 64 (56 to 71) | 0.04 |
| Duration of diabetes mellitus (in years) * | 15 (10 to 24) | 15 (10 to 21) | 15 (10 to 25) | 0.58 |
| History of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease | 129 (56.6) | 57 (49.6) | 72 (63.7) | 0.03 |
| Hypertension | 125 (54.8) | 66 (57.4) | 59 (52.2) | 0.43 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 96 (42.0) | 0.84 | ||
| Non-end-stage kidney disease | 77 (33.7) | 37 (32.2) | 40 (35.4) | |
| End-stage renal disease | 19 (8.3) | 9 (7.8) | 10 (8.9) | |
| Previous major amputation due to diabetes-related foot infection | 26 (11.4) | 15 (13.0) | 11 (9.7) | 0.06 |
| Hospital stay (in days) * | 10 (6 to 16) |
*Median (Interquartile range).
**p values were calculated by Chi-squared test, Fisher’s exact test, or Kruskal-Wallis test, as appropriate.
Source: Prepared by the authors based on the study results.