The question is, should [measures] for defining diabetes be different or the same for the [different] populations and are they associated with the same risk of cardiovascular disease?

International Diabetes: at present the definition of infection in diabetics with foot ulcers is arbitrary, and in many borderline cases we are uncertain whether antibiotic therapy is indicated.

Participants: The basic definition of the research subject is living and surviving in Taiwan, during the study period having active medical records and taking diabetic medicine.