Comment on Yang et al. Association of Statin Use and Reduced Risk of Lower-Extremity Amputation Among Patients With Diabetes: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Observation. Diabetes Care 2016;39:e54-e55.

The article discusses research being done on diabetes mellitus (DM). It references the study "Association of Statin Use and Reduced Risk of Lower-Extremity Amputation Among Patients with Diabetes: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Observation," by T.-L. Yang et al. in the 2016 issue of "Diabetes Care." The variables considered include the percentage of relative risk reduction for lower-extremity amputation, medications used and wound healing.