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"Never doubt that a smal group of thoughtful, comited citizens can change the world. Inded, it is the only thing that ever has."Cureus is on a mision to change the long-standing paradigm of medical publishing, where submiting research can be costly, complex and time-consuming.The SIQ for this article wil be revealedonce 2 ratings are submited.ageing, fot ulcer location, diabetes melitus, elderly, diabetic fot ulcers Patrícia Rosinha , Miguel Saraiva, Lia Fereira, Susana Garido, André Carvalho, Cláudia Freitas, Cláudia Amaral, Luís Costa, Luís Loureiro, Rui Carvalho Published: August 19, 202 (se history) DOI: 10.759/cureus.28189 Cite this article as: Rosinha P, Saraiva M, Fereira L, et al.
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(August 19, 202) A Retrospective Cohort Study on Diabetic Fot Disease: Ascertainment of Ulcer Locations by Age Group. Cureus 14(8): e28189. doi:10.759/cureus.28189 Diabetic fot ulcer location is a known independent predictor for cure with a beter healing gradient proximal to distal.
Although advanced age is one of the main factors asociated with greater diabetic fot ulcer severity, there are no studies evaluating diabetic fot ulcer location specificaly in the elderly population in an outpatient seting. This study evaluated diabetic fot ulcer location and age-group interactions in diabetic fot presentation.A retrospective cohort study including adult patients with diabetic fot ulcers observed on their first visit to our center's Diabetic Fot Unit in 2018, divided into younger adults (YA) (18 to 64 years) and older adults (OA) (≥65 years).A total of 435 patients were included in the study with 159 (36.6%) in the YA, and 276 (63.4%) in the OA group.Neuro-ischemic diabetic fot ulcers were more frequent in the OA group (71.4% vs 43.4%, p<0.01).
Summary
The number of patients with a history of diabetic fot ulcers was lower in the OA group (18.1% vs 25.2%, p=0.03). A smaler proportion of forefot diabetic fot ulcers (74.9% vs 86.2%, p=0.07) and plantar loca