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We calculated annual age\u2013 and sex\u2013standardized rates of initial major, minor, and total amputations for the overall population and for various racial\/ethnic groups (African Americans, Hispanics, and whites). Trends in ILEA risk were evaluated with and without adjustment for demographic characteristics and other potential risk factors, including presence of microvascular and macrovascular diseases, and antiglycemic treatment.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Study populations of VHA patients with diabetes and without prior amputations ranged from 405,580 in FY 2000 to 739,377 in FY 2004. Age- and sex-standardized ILEA rates decreased by 34% (7.08\/1,000 patients in FY 2000 to 4.65\/1,000 patients in FY 2005) during the 5-year period. Minor and major amputation rates decreased by 33% (4.59 to 3.06\/1,000) and 36% (2.49 to 1.59\/1,000), respectively. Of major amputations, below-knee rates decreased from 1.08 to 0.87\/1,000 (\u221219%), and above-knee decreased from 1.41 to 0.72\/1,000 (\u221249%). Similar trends were seen for all racial groups. ILEA risk decreased by 28% (odds ratio 0.72 [95% CI 0.68\u20130.75]) when FY 2004 was compared with FY 2000 in the model, adjusting for demographic characteristics. This risk decrease was 22% in the model adjusting for all independent variables (odds ratio 0.78 [95% CI 0.74\u20130.82]).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Downward 5-year trends in ILEA rates were observed for all amputation levels and among all racial groups, even after adjustment for risk differences over time.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2337\/dc10-1775","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,3,17]],"date-time":"2011-03-17T00:40:25Z","timestamp":1300322425000},"page":"1157-1163","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2337\/ada-journal-policies","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":43,"title":["Trends in Initial Lower Extremity Amputation Rates Among Veterans Health Administration Health Care System Users From 2000 to 2004"],"prefix":"10.2337","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"Chin-Lin","family":"Tseng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Healthcare System\u2013Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management, East Orange, New Jersey"},{"name":"University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey\u2013New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mangala","family":"Rajan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Healthcare System\u2013Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management, East Orange, New Jersey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Donald R.","family":"Miller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts"},{"name":"Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Bedford, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean-Philippe","family":"Lafrance","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Bedford, Massachusetts"},{"name":"Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Leonard","family":"Pogach","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Healthcare System\u2013Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management, East Orange, New Jersey"},{"name":"University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey\u2013New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1167","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,4,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"2022031302451353200_B1"},{"key":"2022031302451353200_B2","unstructured":"Quality Indicators AHRQ. 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