Abstract:Objective To evaluate the risk factors for morality in patients with diabetic foot(DF). Methods A total of 201 hospitalized patients with diabetic foot in the Fuyang People’s Hospital from January 2013 to December 2015 were enrolled in this study and followed up for 3 year. The patients were divided into dead group and survival group, and the general data, bio-chemical datas, mortality and related risk factors were analyzed. Results The course of diabetes, the course of DF and HbA1c in the dead group were higher than those in the survival group (P < 0.05); there are statistical differences in comparison of two groups with or without history of cardio or cerebral vascular disease and toe amputation (P < 0.05); the cumulative mortality of DF patients in three years was 16.9%. The results of Kaplan Meier survival analysis showed that the course of diabetes, the course of DF, HbA1c, the course of toe amputation and the history of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases all affected DF patients (P < 0.05). Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that age [Rl ^ R=1.052, (95% CI: 1.020, 1.085)], duration of diabetes [Rl ^ R=1.094, (95% CI: 1.036, 1.156)], duration of DF [Rl ^ R=23.357, (95% CI: 5.752, 94.853)], HbA1c [Rl ^ R=2.185, (95% CI: 1.549, 3.082)], and history of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases [Rl ^ R=2.625, (95% CI: 1.265, 5.448] were risk factors of DF patients' morality. Conclusion The mortality of patients with DF is affected by many factors, which are related to age, course of diabetes, course of DF, HbA1c and history of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.