During the study period, 232 patients (123 males and 109 females) with 262 admissions were included (mean age 65.6 11.9 years, mean duration of diabetes 17.2 9.9 years) with a mean follow-up of 17.5 16.7 months. Major amputations were performed in 4.2% of the patients and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) was a
predictive factor (OR 5.25; 95% CI [1.43e19.29]; p-value 0.006)