Incidence of Lower-Extremity Amputation in American Indians: The Strong Heart Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helaine E. Resnick
Elizabeth A. Carter
Jay M. Sosenko
Susan J. Henly
Richard R. Fabsitz
Frederick K. Ness
Thomas K. Welty
Elisa T. Lee
Barbara V. Howard
Diabetes Care, vol. 27, no. 8, August 2004, pp. 1885-1891
Description
Study of 1,974 individuals with diabetes over eight years found that the incidence of lower extremity amputation (LEA) is 4.4%.