Incidence of the first diabetic foot ulcer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors' conclusion
The study presents the cumulative incidence for the first DFU, an inexistent datum in the national and international literature, and the HDI was inversely associated with the incidence of DFU.
Study context
- Population
- Cohort studies of people with diabetes reporting incidence of first diabetic foot ulcer (DFU); search until July 202112 studies
- Outcome
- Cumulative incidence of the first DFU
Methodological detailsPRISMA, meta-regression, Search of Medline/PubMed, Embase, Lilacs, Scopus and Web of Science until July 2021; 9,772 articles identified, 87 selected, 12 included
- PRISMA
- Meta-regression
- Search of Medline/PubMed, Embase, Lilacs, Scopus and Web of Science until July 2021; 9,772 articles identified, 87 selected, 12 included
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Cumulative incidence of first DFU
Pooled cumulative incidence
5.65%
95% CI 4.20; 7.57
Further pooled results
Meta-regression: DFU incidence and Human Development Index (HDI)
- Significant inverse association, estimate (95% CI - 4.10--0.67; p = 0.01)
- - 2.38
Original publication
Incidence of the first diabetic foot ulcer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 24 February 2023. doi:10.
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