Ulcer duration and ulcer size
Median ulcer duration before registration in RUT was 12
weeks for both groups, with a maximum of 27 years for
Table 1. Patient demographic: ulcer
pain at the firs t registration
N=431 Ulcer
pain
245 (57)
No ulcer
pain
186 (43)
P-value
Gender 0 .4 0 5 '
Women (%) 276 (6 4 ) 161 (6 6 ) 115 (6 2 )
Men (%) 155 (3 6 ) 8 4 (3 4 ) 71 (38 )
Median age,
years (IQR)
8 0
(6 9 -8 8 )
8 0
(6 8 -8 8 )
80
(7 0 -8 7 )
0.836+
Median ulcer
duration,
weeks (IQR)
12
(6 -2 4 )
12
(6 -2 0 )
12
(6 -2 4 )
0.486+
Median ulcer
size, cm2 (IQR)
2.9
(1-8.9)
3.6
(1-11.6)
2.5
(0 .7 -6 )
0.010+
Treatment with antibiotics before registration 0 .0 5 0 '
Yes (%) 211 (4 9 ) 130 (53 ) 81 (4 4 )
No (%) 22 0 (51) 115 (47 ) 105 (5 6 )
j Prescribed compression 0.185'
Yes (%) 412 (9 6 ) 237 (97 ) 175 (9 4 )
No (%) 1 9 (4 ) 8 ( 3 ) 11 (6 )
'Chi-squared test
+Two-sample Wilcoxon range test (Mann-Whitney)
IQR = interquartile range
Figure 1. Pain measured by visual
analogue scale in patients w ith
ulcer pain
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Visual analogue scale
patients in the ‘pain’ group and 12 years for patients in the
‘no pain’ group (Table 1). Median ulcer size at registration in
RUT was 3.6 cm2 (maximum 400 cm2) in the ‘pain’ group and
2.5 cm2 (maximum 224 cm2) in the ‘no pain’ group.