title: Comment on Hoffstad et al. Diabetes, Lower-Extremity Amputation, and Death. Diabetes Care 2015;38:1852-1857.
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy luigi.uccioli@ptvonline.it.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Uccioli
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giurato
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meloni
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Izzo
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ruotolo
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gandini
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Sciences, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lipsky
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000401:mortality*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male