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Sarcopenia in diabetic nephropathy: a cross-sectional study
Meral Çeliker1, Mustafa Yavuz Selçuk1, Serdar Olt1
1Adıyaman University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Adıyaman, Turkey.
Objective:
To investigate the relationship between sarcopenia and diabetic nephropathy.
Methods:
56 diabetic patients without complications, 50 diabetic patients with nephropathy, 53 healthy controls included in this present study. Demographic characteristics such as sex, age, anthropometric measurements such as weight, body mass index [BMI], hip circumference, waist circumference and upper arm circumference were measured. Sarcopenia diagnosis was based on European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People [EWGSOP] criteria which consist of hand grip strength, 6-meter walking test and muscle mass.
Results:
The frequency of sarcopenia increased gradually from 15.1% in healthy control group to 21.4% in the diabetes group, and 34% in diabetic nephropathy group (X2 for trend, p = 0.029). The frequency of sarcopenia was similar in diabetes and diabetic nephropathy group. However, the frequency of sarcopenia was higher in diabetic nephropathy than healthy controls (OR = 2.89, CI [1.11-7.51] in logistic regression).
Conclusion:
In the present study, the prevalence of sarcopenia was higher in patients with diabetic nephropathy compared to healthy controls.
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