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. 2015 Dec 18;1:18. doi: 10.1186/s40842-015-0018-0

Table 2.

Incidence of Charcot Neuroarthropathy in Patients with Diabetes

Reference No. of Cases (No. of Feet) Reported Incidence
Sinha et al. 1971 [55] 101 (N/A) 0.1 %
Cofield et al. 1983 [56] 96 (116) 7.5–29 %
Sella et al. 1999 [7] 40 (51) 5 %
Fabrin and Holstein 2000 [13] 115 (140) 0.3 %/year
Sanders et al. 2001 [57] N/A 0.1–7.5 %
Rajbhandari 2002 [58] N/A 0.1–0.4 %
Hartemann-Heurtier et al. 2002 [59] N/A 0.2–3 %
Lavery et al. 2003 [14] N/A 0.0085 %/year

Adapted from Frykberg, R and Belczyk, R [17]. A brief review of the literature demonstrating the relative low incidence of CN in the overall population. There is a range of incidences reported from 0.10 to 29.00 % and seems consistent over time