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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Divorced men at highest amputation risk among diabetics, study finds

A nurse gives a patient a diabetes test.
A nurse gives a patient a diabetes test. The research was conducted among 66,569 diabetics in Sweden. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Divorced men are at the highest risk among people with diabetes of having some or all of their feet and legs amputated because of the disease, research has found.

People with diabetes who are divorced are two-thirds (67%) more likely to have to undergo a lower limb amputation than those who are married. Men are at 57% greater risk than women of that fate.

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