Low skeletal muscle mass is associated with the risk of all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Hitomi MiyakeIppei KanazawaKen-Ichiro TanakaToshitsugu SugimotoPublished in: Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism (2019)
Low muscle mass was independently associated with all-cause mortality in patients with T2DM. The preservation of skeletal muscle mass is important to protect patients with T2DM from increased mortality risk.