Global Disability Burdens of Diabetes-Related Lower-Extremity Complications in 1990 and 2016

Zhang, Yuqi; A Lazzarini, Peter; McPhail, Steven; J. van Netten, Jaap; G. Armstrong, David; Pacella, Rosana

doi:10.2337/dc19-1614

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Global Disability Burdens of Diabetes-Related Lower-Extremity Complications in 1990 and 2016

Published in Diabetes Care • Mar 4, 2020

Authors:

Yuqi Zhang

Peter A Lazzarini

Steven McPhail

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: No study has reported global disability burden estimates for individual diabetes-related lower-extremity complications (DRLECs). The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study presents a robust opportunity to address this gap. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: GBD 2016 data, including prevalence and...

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Medicine

Diabetes mellitus

Gerontology

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