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Fiona Davie-Smith1, Lorna Paul1, Natalie Nicholls2, Wesley P Stuart3 and Brian Kennon3
Abstract Background: Diabetes mellitus is a leading cause of major lower extremity amputation. Objective: To examine the influence of gender, level of amputation and diabetes mellitus status on being fit with a prosthetic limb following lower extremity amputation for peripheral arterial disease. Study design: Retrospective analysis of the Scottish Physiotherapy Amputee Research Group dataset. Results: Within the cohort with peripheral arterial disease (n = 1735), 64% were men (n = 1112) and 48% (n = 834) had diabetes mellitus. Those with diabetes mellitus were younger than those without: mean 67.5 and 71.1 years, respectively (p