Low glycated hemoglobin level is associated with severity of frailty in Japanese elderly diabetes patients.

Ikumi YanagitaYuya FujiharaTerumi EdaMisuzu TajimaKazue YonemuraTomoko KawajiriNoriko YamaguchiHideko AsakawaYukiko NeiYumi KayashimaMihoko YoshimotoYuichi KitajimaMayumi HaradaYuhei ArakiSyoji YoshimotoEiji AidaTashihiko YanaseHajime NawataKazuo Muta

Published in: Journal of diabetes investigation (2017)

HbA1c level was not a U-shaped risk for frailty, suggesting that relatively good glycemic control might be more important for frailty than poor control in elderly type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

Keyphrases

glycemic control
end stage renal disease
type diabetes
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
community dwelling
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
middle aged
blood glucose
weight loss
metabolic syndrome