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Objectives. to identify some factors related to diabetic foot in elderly patients. Methods. observational study on 300 elderly diabetic patients from March to September 2011. Results: The rate of diabetic foot complications among diabetic elderly patients was 64 percent. Risk factors of diabetic foot diseases are duration of diagnosed diabetes, levels of blood glucose control, micro-vascular complication, smoke. Higher risk for diabetic foot disease with microvascular complications such as renal complications, eye complications and low ABI. Conclusion: the prevalence of diabetic foot in older ages was rather high and increased with the duration of diabetes, level of blood glucose control, micro-vascular complication.