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JAMA. 2007;297:1051-1052.

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MMWR. 2006;55:1251-1253

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The risk for lower extremity amputation (LEA) is estimated at 15 to 40 times higher among persons with diabetes than among persons without diabetes.¹ In Texas, the prevalence of diabetes is higher near the Mexico border,^2,3 where persons are more likely to have lower levels of education, lower incomes, no health insurance, and other barriers to obtaining health care.⁴ To determine whether diabetes-related LEA rates are higher near the Texas-Mexico border, rates were calculated, in both the general population and among persons with diabetes, for diabetes-related LEAs in border and nonborder counties.* Data used for this analysis included 2003 Texas Inpatient Hospital Discharge Data (TIHDD),⁵ 2003 Texas population estimates, and data from the 2003 Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The results of the analysis indicated that the age- and sex-adjusted rate of diabetes-related LEAs in the general population along the border was nearly . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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