Sarcopenia is associated with blood pressure variability in older patients with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional study of the KAMOGAWA-DM cohort study.

Yoshitaka HashimotoAyumi KajiRyosuke SakaiMasahide HamaguchiHiroshi OkadaEmi UshigomeMai AsanoMasahiro YamazakiMichiaki Fukui

Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2018)

We showed that sarcopenia was associated with blood pressure variability, whereas not with the average SBP. It is necessary for clinicians to pay careful attention to blood pressure variability when examining patients with sarcopenia. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2018; 18: 1345-1349.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
community dwelling
hypertensive patients
skeletal muscle
heart rate
physical activity
blood glucose
risk factors
health insurance
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
adipose tissue