Journal article
Diabetic Foot Complications and Their Risk Factors from a Large Retrospective Cohort Study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Foot complications are considered to be a serious consequence of diabetes mellitus, posing a major medical and economical threat. Identifying the extent of this problem and its risk factors will enable health providers to set up better prevention programs. Saudi National Diabetes Registry (SNDR), being a large database source, would be the best tool to evaluate this problem.
METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of a cohort of …
Authors
Al-Rubeaan K; Al Derwish M; Ouizi S; Youssef AM; Subhani SN; Ibrahim HM; Alamri BN
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 10, No. 5,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0124446
ISSN
1932-6203