Association between anemia and diabetic lower extremity ulcers among US outpatients in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Abstract

After adjusting for confounding variables, higher levels of anemia were proportionally associated with an increased risk of incident DLEU. These results suggest that monitoring T2DM patients during follow-up to prevent the development of DLEU may be important. However, further prospective studies are needed to provide additional evidence.