| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The risk for lower extremity amputation (LEA) is estimated at 15 to 40 times higher among persons with diabetes than among persons without diabetes.1 In Texas, the prevalence of diabetes is higher near the Mexico border,2,3 where persons are more likely to have lower levels of education, lower incomes, no health insurance, and other barriers to obtaining health care.4 To determine whether diabetes
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