title: Comment on Hoffstad et al. Diabetes, Lower-Extremity Amputation, and Death. Diabetes Care 2015;38:1852-1857.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ziekenhuisgroep Twente, Almelo and Hengelo, the Netherlands jv.netten@zgt.nl.
authors.forename: Jaap J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: van Netten
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Australia.
authors.forename: Lauren V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Fortington
authors.affiliation: St George's Vascular Institute, St George's University Hospitals NHS FoundationTrust, London, U.K.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hinchliffe
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000401:mortality*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male