All-cause mortality after diabetes-related amputation in Barbados: a prospective case-control study

To determine the mortality rate after diabetes-related lower-extremity amputation (LEA) in an African-descent Caribbean population. We conducted a prospective case-control study. We recruited case subjects (with diabetes and LEA) and age-matched control subjects (with diabetes and no LEA) between 19...

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Published in:	Diabetes care Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 306 - 307
Main Authors:	Hambleton, Ian R, Jonnalagadda, Ramesh, Davis, Christopher R, Fraser, Henry S, Chaturvedi, Nish, Hennis, Anselm J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Diabetes Association 01.02.2009
Subjects:	Africans Age differences Aged amputation Amputation - classification Amputation - mortality Amputation, Surgical Barbados Barbados - epidemiology Black People Blacks - statistics & numerical data Caribbean Case-Control Studies classification death Deaths Diabetes Diabetic Foot Diabetic Foot - surgery epidemiology Epidemiology/Health Services Research Foot diseases Health care access Humans Industrialized nations Mortality Postoperative Complications Postoperative Complications - classification Postoperative Complications - mortality Prospective Studies risk Risk factors Statistical methods statistics & numerical data surgery Survival Rate Barbados Caribbean
ISSN:	0149-5992, 1935-5548, 1935-5548
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