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

• Published in: Diabetes care Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 964 - 974
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yuqi, Lazzarini, Peter A, McPhail, Steven M, van Netten, Jaap J, Armstrong, David G, Pacella, Rosana E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Diabetes Association 01.05.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Amputation; Amputation - statistics & numerical data; Amputation - trends; Bayesian analysis; Complications; Diabetes; Diabetes Complications - epidemiology; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology; Diabetic Foot - epidemiology; Diabetic Neuropathies - epidemiology; Diabetic neuropathy; Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data; Estimates; Feet; Female; Global Burden of Disease - history; Global Burden of Disease - trends; Global Health - history; Global Health - trends; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Humans; Leg ulcers; Literature reviews; Lower Extremity - pathology; Male; Middle Aged; Populations; Prevalence; Prostheses; Research design; Ulcers

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. GBD 2016 data, including prevalence and years lived with disability (YLDs), for...