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Table 2 Summary of the prevalence and incidence findings for the outcomes of interest

From: Diabetes-related foot disease in Australia: a systematic review of the prevalence and incidence of risk factors, disease and amputation in Australian populations

Summary results by population

Risk factors

   

DFD

DFD-related amputation

Peripheral Neuropathy [10, 18, 25, 29, 32, 35]

PAD [10, 18, 21, 25, 26, 29, 32, 35]

Previous foot ulcer [10, 25, 29, 35]

Previous amputation [25, 29]

Foot deformity [27, 29]

 

Foot ulcer [18, 27, 34, 35]

Foot infection [19, 27, 29]

Total [11, 20, 21, 24, 26, 28, 31, 33]

Minor [11, 19, 23, 24, 28]

Major [11, 19, 22,23,24, 28]

Prevalence

 General population

–

–

–

–

–

 

–

–

–

–

–

 Community dwelling diabetes populationa

10.0–58.2%

10.3–29.2%

0.5–2.1%

–

–

 

1.2–1.5%

–

–

–

–

 Inpatient diabetes populationa

43.3%

35.3%

20.3%

9.3%

30.5%

 

15.1%

7.0%

1.4–5.8%

–

–

Incidence

 General population

–

–

–

–

–

–

 

79 hospitalisations /100,000

14.0–17.8 /100,000

12.0–24.0 /100,000

5.8–9.3 /100,000

 Community dwelling diabetes populationa

–

–

–

–

–

–

5.2–36.6^ hospitalisations /1000

–

5.2–7.2

/1000

3.5–4.8 /1000

1.7–2.4

/1000

 Inpatient diabetes populationa

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

  1. aThis population contains a range from outcomes in populations that included all diabetes, type 2 and/or type 1 diabetes. ^This range also includes aggregated DFD outcome hospitalisations
  2. DFD diabetic foot disease; DFU diabetic foot ulcer; NS not stated; NT Northern Territory; PAD peripheral artery disease; PY person years; Qld Queensland; Vic Victoria; WA Western Australia