Associations Between Racial and Ethnic Groups and Foot Self-Inspection in People With Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Daily foot self-inspection may permit earlier detection and treatment of a foot lesion, reducing the risk of infection and lower-limb amputation (LLA). Though race and ethnicity are strongly associated with LLA risk, with higher risk seen in African Americans (AA), American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN), and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (NH/PI), associations between foot self-inspection and racial and ethnic groups are inconsistent. We aimed to assess differences in foot self-inspection among people with diabetes by race/ethnicity.

Research design and methods

Using national, cross-sectional data from the 2015-2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys and including 88,424 individuals with diabetes, we estimated prevalence ratios (PRs) and associ

SUBMITTER: Littman AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7809712 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature