Risk Factors for Sarcopenia in the Elderly with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and the Effect of Metformin.

Fenqin ChenShuai XuYingfang WangFeng ChenLu CaoTingting LiuTing HuangQian WeiGuojing MaYuhong ZhaoDifei Wang

Published in: Journal of diabetes research (2020)

We showed that being female and at an older age, lower educational level, and lower BMI were risk factors for sarcopenia in elderly T2DM and that metformin acted as a protective agent against sarcopenia in these patients.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
middle aged
skeletal muscle
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
type diabetes
patient reported outcomes