Fig. 2From: The analysis for time of referral to a medical center among patients with diabetic foot infectionThe outcomes among quartiles of referral time to hospitala The latest referral group had 21.21% patients resulting in poor outcome (15.15% major LEA and 6.06% in-hospital mortality); and the earliest referral group had 10.47% with poor outcome (8.14% major LEA and 2.33% in-hospital mortality). b For the proportions of poor outcomes (major LEA or mortality) among patients with comorbidities, the poorest prognosis occurred in the latest referral group regardless of comorbiditiesBack to article page