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Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), a severe complication of T2DM, reflect advanced systemic burden, yet their neurocognitive consequences remain insufficiently characterized.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To evaluate domain-specific cognitive functioning in adults with DFUs compared with matched healthy controls using an AD-focused cognitive assessment battery, and to examine associations with depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this cross-sectional case\u2013control study, 22 adults with T2DM and DFUs and 22 age- and gender-matched healthy controls completed the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination III, Trail Making Test, and Weigl Colour Form Sorting Test. 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The DFU participants also demonstrated markedly poorer HRQoL, higher depressive symptoms, and greater comorbidity burden.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>DFUs are associated with a more severe and domain-specific neurocognitive profile than typically observed in T2DM alone, affecting functions highly relevant to early AD vulnerability. 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