Exploring potential risk factors for lower limb amputation in people with diabetes-A national observational cohort study in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Risk factors for lower limb amputation (LLA) in individuals with diabetes have been under-studied. We examined how 1/demographic and socioeconomic, 2/medical, and 3/lifestyle risk factors may be associated with LLA in people with newly diagnosed diabetes.

Methods

Using the Swedish national diabetes register from 2007 to 2016, we identified all individuals ≥18 years with an incident diabetes diagnosis and no previous amputation. These individuals were followed from the date of diabetes diagnosis to amputation, emigration, death, or the end of the study in 2017 using data from the In-Patient Register and the Total Population Register. The cohort consisted of 66,569 individuals. Information about demographic, socioeconomic, medical, and lifestyle risk factors was ascertain

SUBMITTER: Ramstrand S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11366273 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature