# Impact on the Quality of Life and Physiological Parameters in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
## 3 Results  
Based on non-probabilistic convenience sampling, 50 participants (70% men and 30% women) were recruited; foot problems are more prevalent in adult men with long-standing DM [27; 28]. The mean age was homogeneous in both gender groups (65 \(\pm\) 0.03 years) as was the proportion of type 1 and type 2 diabetics (\(\chi\)2 = 0.000). Eighty-eight percent of the total had type 2 DM with a mean duration of 16.5 (11.85) years. This distribution is practically the same according to gender. To study the presence of weight disorders in the sample, in a valid sample of n = 46, the mean BMI was 29 (P25: 25.2-P75: 33.7). The study variables corresponding to the complementary physical parameters are summarised in Table 1. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c} \hline \hline
**Variables** & **Men** & **Women** & **Significance \({}^{*}\)** \\
**N = Valid Sample** & & n = 18 & n = 3 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Calcification presence on RX. Right foot.} & \multirow{2}{*}{58.1\%} & \multirow{2}{*}{20\%} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p=0.016\)} \\  & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Calcification presence on RX. Left foot.} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 19} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 3} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p=0.009\)} \\  & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Sensory neuropathy. Right foot.} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 6} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 2} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p=0.345\)} \\  & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Sensory neuropathy. Left foot.} & \multirow{2}{*}{22.9\%} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 2} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p=0.243\)} \\  & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Pain sensitivity disorder. Right foot.} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 5} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 2} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p=0.589\)} \\  & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Pain sensitivity disorder. Left foot.} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 5} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 2} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p=0.589\)} \\  & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Pain sensitivity disorder. Left foot.} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 5} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 2} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p=0.589\)} \\  & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Sundomotor dysfunction. Right foot.} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 11} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 2} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p=0.246\)} \\  & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Sundomotor dysfunction. Left foot.} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 11} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 2} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p=0.246\)} \\  & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Sundomotor dysfunction. Right foot.} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 11} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 2} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p=0.246\)} \\  & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Altered vibratory sensitivity. Right foot.} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 13} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 3} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p=0.128\)} \\  & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Altered vibratory sensitivity. Left foot.} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 14} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 3} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p=0.090\)} \\  & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{More than 2 \({}^{\circ}\)C in skin temperature} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 1} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 0} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p=0.682\)} \\  & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Oxygen saturation level less than 95\%.} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 4} & \multirow{2}{*}{n = 4} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p=0.196\)} \\  & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{\(\chi\)(Distal pulse oximenter)} & \multirow{2}{*}{12.5\%} & \multirow{2}{*}{26.8\%} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p=0.196\)} \\  & & & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} \({}^{*}\) Chi-square test. Statistical study of contrast between variables of physical parameters according to gender differentiation, for \(p\) value \(\alpha=0.05\).  
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Table 1: Descriptive values and comparison of physical parameters according to gender. All of the tests were performed bilaterally, with the exception of the oxygen saturation level. As expected, in the case of the measurements corresponding to the sensitivity tests, the results were similar in both feet. In addition, the subjects studied accumulated complications, with a lower percentage in the female group than in the male group (Table 2). As a starting point, it was considered appropriate to test whether it was possible to infer differences between genders for the different dimensions of the SF-36 questionnaire.