Amputation-free survival in 17,353 people at high risk for foot ulceration in diabetes: a national observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

Our aim was to investigate amputation-free survival in people at high risk for foot ulceration in diabetes ('high-risk foot'), and to compare different subcategories of high-risk foot.

Methods

Overall, 17,353 people with diabetes and high-risk foot from January 2008 to December 2011 were identified from the Scotland-wide diabetes register (Scottish Care Information-Diabetes: N = 247,278). Participants were followed-up for up to 2 years from baseline and were categorised into three groups: (1) those with no previous ulcer, (2) those with an active ulcer or (3) those with a healed previous ulcer. Participants with prior minor or major amputation were excluded. Accelerated failure time models were used to compare amputation-free survival up to 2 years between th

SUBMITTER: Vadiveloo T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6223842 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature