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Table 1 Patient characteristics and MRI features

From: Sudeck's disease stage 1, or diabetic Charcot's foot stage 0? Case report and assessment of the diagnostic value of MRI

Patients

CRPS I

Charcot's foot stage 0, no deformity

Total number

6

20

- males/females, n

5/1

10/10

- Age, years

47 (95% CI 40-55)

62 (95%CI 59-65)*

- BMI > 29 kg/m², n

0

4

- Diabetes mellitus, n

1

20**

- Polyneuropathy, n

0

20**

MRI features

  

Bones with BME per foot, n

3.7(95% CI 1.8-5-5)

4.3(95% CI 3.0-5.6)

Feet with diffuse patchy BME, n

3 (50%)

0 (0%)

Feet with migrating and/or fluctuating BME, n

3 (50%)

0 (0%)

Feet with soft tissue edema, n

5 (83%)

20 (100%)

  1. * p < 0.05; ** by definition. BMI = body mass index; BME = bone marrow edema.