# RETRACTION: Renal Function as Risk Factor for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed that poor kidney function increases the risk of diabetic foot ulcers, but it was found to have bypassed proper peer review.

## Contribution

The paper's findings are invalid due to a compromised peer review process and have been officially retracted.

## Key findings

- The paper was accepted based on a compromised peer review process.
- The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher after an investigation.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

JinL.
and
XuW.
, “Renal Function as Risk Factor for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 3 (2024): e14409, 10.1111/iwj.14409.37991106
PMC10898369

The above article, published online on 22 November 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.