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Trends of Concomitant Diabetes and Peripheral Artery Disease and Lower Extremity Amputation in US Medicare Patients, 2007 to 2019.

Xavier Philip FowlerMark A EidJonathan Aaron BarnesBarbara GladdersAndrea M AustinEric J GoodneyKayla O MooreStephen KearingMark W FeinbergMarc P BonacaMark A CreagerPhilip P Goodney
Published in: Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes (2023)
Significant regional and racial/ethnic variation exists in the incidence of concomitant diabetes and PAD among Medicare patients. Black patients in areas with the lowest rates of PAD and diabetes are at disproportionally higher risk for amputation. Furthermore, areas with higher prevalence of PAD and diabetes have the lowest rates of amputation.
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