Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2017 Aug 28;12(8):e0182081.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182081. eCollection 2017.

Incidence of lower extremity amputations in the diabetic compared with the non-diabetic population: A systematic review

Maria Narres  1   2   3 , Tatjana Kvitkina  1   2   3 , Heiner Claessen  1   3 , Sigrid Droste  2 , Björn Schuster  2 , Stephan Morbach  2   4 , Gerhard Rümenapf  5 , Kristien Van Acker  6 , Andrea Icks  1   2   3
Affiliations

Incidence of lower extremity amputations in the diabetic compared with the non-diabetic population: A systematic review

Maria Narres et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

PROSPERO CRD4201501780.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. Flowchart of the systematic review process.
* The quality of the eligible studies was assessed using the modified checklist (s. S2 Table).
Fig 2
Fig 2. Incidence of any LEA (one LEA per person) in the diabetic compared with the non-diabetic population.
† time trend was analysed; * significant time trend.
Fig 3
Fig 3. Relative risks of any LEA (one LEA per person) in the diabetic compared with the non-diabetic population.
* RRs from Poisson model; other studies as quotients from IRs.
Fig 4
Fig 4. Incidence of any LEA (hospital discharge rates) in the diabetic compared with the non-diabetic population.
† time trend was analysed; * significant time trend.
Fig 5
Fig 5. Relative risks of any LEA (hospital discharge rates) in the diabetic compared with the non-diabetic population.
* 95% Confidence interval was not reported.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas—7th edition [Internet]. 2016 [cited May 23, 2016]. http://www.idf.org/diabetesatlas.
    1. Trautner C, Haastert B, Spraul M, Giani G, Berger M. Unchanged incidence of lower-limb amputations in a German City, 1990–1998. Diabetes Care. 2001;24(5):855–9. . - PubMed
    1. Almaraz MC, Gonzalez-Romero S, Bravo M, Caballero FF, Palomo MJ, Vallejo R, et al. Incidence of lower limb amputations in individuals with and without diabetes mellitus in Andalusia (Spain) from 1998 to 2006. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2012;95(3):399–405. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.10.035 . - DOI - PubMed
    1. Price P. The diabetic foot: quality of life. Clinical infectious diseases: an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2004;39 Suppl 2:S129–31. Epub 2004/08/13. doi: 10.1086/383274 . - DOI - PubMed
    1. Hoffstad O, Mitra N, Walsh J, Margolis DJ. Diabetes, lower-extremity amputation, and death. Diabetes Care. 2015;38(10):1852–7. Epub 2015/07/24. doi: 10.2337/dc15-0536 . - DOI - PubMed

Publication types

MeSH terms