Foot ulceration and its association with mortality in diabetes mellitus: a meta‐analysis

Saluja, Sushant; Anderson, Simon; Hambleton, Ian; Shoo, Haika; Livingston, Mark; B. Jude, Edward; Lunt, Mark; A. Dunn, George; Heald, Adrian

doi:10.1111/dme.14151

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Foot ulceration and its association with mortality in diabetes mellitus: a meta‐analysis

Published in Diabetic Medicine • Oct 15, 2019

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Sushant Saluja

Simon Anderson

Ian Hambleton

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Diabetic foot ulcers portend an almost twofold increase in all-cause mortality compared with diabetes on its own. AIM: To investigate the association between diabetic foot ulcers and risk of death. METHODS: statistic was used to quantify heterogeneity between studies. RESULTS: Altogether...

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Diabetes mellitus

Meta-analysis

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