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Methods The study included 881 participants with T2DM and different types of foot ulcers, who attended a specialized diabetes center. Data on demographics, clinical characteristics, biochemical investigations, comorbidities, and treatment regimens were collected and analyzed. Results The majority of the cases (96.8%) were due to T2DM, with an average age of 58 years and a mean BMI of 30 kg\/m\n                    <ns7:sup>2<\/ns7:sup>\n                    . Participants had elevated serum creatinine, blood urea, and glucose levels, with uncontrolled HbA1c levels. Comorbidities included hypertension, ischemic heart disease, diabetic neuropathy, and retinopathy. Most participants were on insulin and statins. Diabetic foot ulcers were mainly on the right foot (48%) and classified as Grade 2 in Wagner\u2019s system. Some participants had Charcot deformity or stages of amputation. 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We appreciate your kind words regarding the effort put forth by the authors in addressing the global issue of diabetic foot ulcers, and we are glad to hear that you found the article well-written.  Regarding your minor points:  1. We acknowledge the duplication in mentioning the limitations of the study within the text. We will address this issue by ensuring that the limitations are presented only once in the revised version of the manuscript.  2. We appreciate your suggestion for improving the readability of Table 1 by grouping the variables for easier comprehension. While we understand the importance of this suggestion, we have decided to maintain the current format of Table 1 without any changes at this point. However, we will keep your feedback in mind for future revisions and improvements.  Once again, thank you for your valuable feedback and constructive comments. Should you have any further suggestions or concerns, please feel free to share them with us.  Best regards, [Adel Gassab Mohammed]","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/13-539\/v3#referee-comment-11952","order":1,"name":"referee-comment-11952","label":"Referee Comment","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"10.5256\/f1000research.197507.r470975, Haeril Amir, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, 21 Apr 2026, version 3, indexed","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/13-539\/v3#referee-response-470975","order":2,"name":"referee-response-470975","label":"Referee Report","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work","order":3,"name":"grant-information","label":"Grant Information"},{"value":"This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.","order":0,"name":"copyright-info","label":"Copyright"}]}}