PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of a diabetic foot ulcer on all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality.
DESIGN:
Retrospective case-control study.
SUBJECTS AND SETTING OUTPATIENTS:
Eighty-eight patients with new-onset diabetic foot ulceration (DFU) were paired with 176 patients without DFU (controls). The study setting was the Department of Endocrinology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, located in Guangzhou, China.
METHODS:
Cause-specific mortality was recorded during a median follow-up duration of 6.20 years up to 1 March 2016. Records review dates were from January 1, 2004, to December 31, 2010.