Nonlinear association between C-reactive protein and severity of diabetic foot infection in patients with diabetes: A retrospective cohort study with clinical implications

• Li Zhang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Current Address: Taiyuan City Central Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

  ¶‡ LZ and XG also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Taiyuan City Central Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1372-6313

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• Xufeng Gao ,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Current Address: Children’s Hospital of Shanxi, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

  ¶‡ LZ and XG also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Shanxi, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

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• Meifang He,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Current Address: Taiyuan City Central Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Taiyuan City Central Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

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• Wenyan Wang,

  Roles Data curation

  Current Address: Taiyuan City Central Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Taiyuan City Central Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

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• Yuebin Zhao

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 15034186798@163.com

  Current Address: Taiyuan City Central Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Taiyuan City Central Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5860-5803

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