Table 2. Association of Foot and Ankle Care by Podiatrists in the 3 Months Before the Index Diabetic Foot Ulcer Diagnosis With Outcomes.

Outcome	No. of total events during follow-up						With vs without podiatric care
	With podiatric care (n = 2735)			Without podiatric care (n = 12 199)			Unadjusted HR (95% CI)	IP-weighted HR (95% CI)
	Event, No.	% per Patient	% per Patient month	Event, No.	% per Patient	% per Patient month
Composite of death and amputation	1924	70.3	5.9	8969	73.5	6.6	0.91 (0.86-0.95)	0.89 (0.84-0.93)
Amputation alonea	707	25.6	2.1	3521	28.9	2.6	0.87 (0.80-0.94)	0.91 (0.84-0.99)

Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; IP, inverse probability.

^a HRs were based on subdistribution hazard model.