The Severity of Diabetes and the Risk of Diabetic Foot Amputation: A National Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Backgruound

This study aimed to assess whether markers of diabetes severity could serve as predictors for foot amputation risk among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Methods

We analyzed data from the nationally representative Korean National Health Insurance System database, tracking 2,544,077 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who participated in routine health check-ups between 2009 and 2012, with followup extending through the end of 2018. The parameters used to define the diabetes severity score encompassed diabetes duration, insulin usage, the number of oral glucose-lowering medications, the presence of chronic kidney disease, diabetic retinopathy, and cardiovascular disease. Each factor was assigned one point, yielding a cumulative severity score ranging fro

SUBMITTER: Yu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12409162 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature