The foot-health of adult diabetics in regional Australia: baseline findings from an epidemiological study
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Background There is limited epidemiological research that reports on the foot-health of people with diabetes within Australian regional settings. This study reports on the baseline characteristics of a large prospective cohort study. The objective of this baseline analysis is to explore the relationship between demographic, socio-economic and diabetesrelated variables with diabetes-related foot morbidity in people residing in regional and rural Australia.
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