Diabetes-related lower extremity complications in a multi-ethnic Asian population: a 10 year observational study in Singapore.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

Diabetes progression and complication risk are different in Asian people compared with those of European ancestry. In this study, we sought to understand the epidemiology of diabetes-related lower extremity complications (DRLECs: symptomatic peripheral arterial disease, ulceration, infection, gangrene) and amputations in a multi-ethnic Asian population.

Methods

This was a retrospective observational study using data obtained from one of three integrated public healthcare clusters in Singapore. The population consisted of individuals with incident type 2 diabetes who were of Chinese, Malay, Indian or Other ethnicity. We examined incidence, time to event and risk factors of DRLECs and amputation.

Results

Between 2007 and 2017, of the 156,593 individuals

SUBMITTER: Riandini T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8187215 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature