Diabetic Retinopathy associated with Higher Risk of DFU & Amputation in diabetes Patients
France: According to a study published in Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews, in type 2 diabetes patients, diabetic retinopathy independently relates to foot ulcers and amputation incidence in hospitalized patients.
Gauthier Borderie, with colleagues, investigated, Is Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) related to Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU) development?
DR and IWGDF stratification were registered in hospitalized patients (2009 -2017). The patients had a history of uncontrolled/complicated type 2 diabetes. Until 2020, new Diabetic Foot Ulcers were registered.
Diabetic Retinopathy subjects were categorized by survival analyses and multivariate Cox regression adjusted for confounders.
The study results are:
· There were 522 patients in the study.
· 57.9% were male aged 62 years.
· The subjects had diabetes of a duration of 14±10 years.
· The HbA1c was 8.7±1.8%.
· There were 33.9% macroangiopathies and 44.8% diabetic kidney diseases.
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