Two new algorithms can accurately calculate the absolute risk during a 10-year period for developing blindness or needing limb amputation, two potentially serious complications for men and women living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, according to research in The BMJ . In a prospective cohort study of database information collected for more than 450,000 patients with diabetes, Julia Hippisley-Cox, Ph.D., and Carol Coupland, BSc, MSc, Ph.D., both professors at the University of Nottingham, U.K., said the tools — similar to the QRISK2 algorithm to predict cardiovascular risk — are based on variables that patients are either likely to know or are recorded routinely in general practice visits.
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New tools calculate absolute risk for blindness, amputation in adults with diabetes