Fig. 1From: The analysis for time of referral to a medical center among patients with diabetic foot infectionProportion of comorbidities in quartiles of referral time to hospitalThe ESRD status, MACE history and presence of PAD were noted as being higher in the latest referral group (fourth quartile) in comparison with the earliest referral group (first quartile) (25.45% vs. 20.35% in ESRD, 47.27% vs. 26.16% in MACE and 78.79% vs. 52.33% in PAD respectively)Back to article page