Clinical features of malnutrition in hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus-related diabetic foot ulcers: A retrospective study

Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients between the two groups, mean ± SD/n (%)

	Malnutrition group (n = 96)	Non-malnutrition group (n = 172)	P value
Age (years)	68.5 ± 10.7	64.0 ± 9.8	0.001
Sex			0.591
Male	66 (68.8)	112 (65.1)
Female	30 (31.3)	60 (34.9)
Marital status			0.726
Married	92 (95.8)	167 (97.1)
Single/divorced	4 (4.2)	5 (2.9)
Residence			0.859
City	81 (84.4)	147 (85.5)
Rural	15 (15.6)	25 (14.5)
Alcohol	11 (11.5)	18 (10.5)	0.839
Smoking	20 (20.8)	42 (24.4)	0.548
Diabetes duration (years)	11.0 ± 2.9	10.3 ± 3.0	0.046
Hypertension	50 (52.1)	94 (54.7)	0.703
Serum albumin (g/L)	35.3 ± 8.8	39.0 ± 9.2	0.002
CRP (mg/L)	20.1 ± 8.6	21.6 ± 9.8	0.216
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	3.2 ± 1.0	2.9 ± 1.1	0.025
HDL (mmol/L)	1.1 ± 0.4	1.0 ± 0.3	0.735
Hemoglobin (g/L)	104.5 ± 21.1	116.1 ± 24.8	< 0.001
HbA1c (%)	8.1 ± 1.2	6.7 ± 1.1	< 0.001
eGFR (mL/minute/1.73 m2)	76.3 ± 35.6	72.5 ± 35.1	0.388
Creatinine (μmol/L)	68.8 ± 28.3	71.2 ± 26.4	0.500
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)	6.3 ± 2.2	6.1 ± 2.1	0.444
MDROs	46 (47.9)	50 (29.1)	0.002

CRP: C-reactive protein; eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate; HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin; HDL: High-density lipoprotein; MDRO: Multidrug-resistant organism.