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Table 2 Characteristics and the diagnosis of sarcopenia, frailty and depression in the control and T2DM groups

From: Beyond Sarcopenia: older adults with type II diabetes mellitus tend to experience an elevated risk of poor dynamic balance—a case–control study

 

Control

(N = 48)

T2DM

(N = 78)

p-value

Descriptive Data

Age (y/o)

65.8 ± 5.3

66.5 ± 9.0

0.558

Gender

  

0.862

 Male (n (%))

22 (45.8)

37 (47.4)

 

 Female (n (%))

26 (54.2)

41 (52.6)

 

Height (cm)

160.4 ± 8.2

159.7 ± 7.7

0.622

Weight (kg)

62.3 ± 10.9

65.7 ± 10.9

0.092

Hypertension

16 (33.3)

39 (50.0)

0.068

Alcoholism

2 (4.2)

5 (6.4)

0.597

Smoking

0 (0)

1 (1.3)

0.435

Oral antidiabetic agents

-

66 (84.6)

 

Insulin injection

-

20 (25.6)

 

Evaluation of Sarcopenia

SMI (kg/m2)

6.98 ± 1.10

7.28 ± 1.21

0.160

ASM (kg)

 LA

2.06 ± 0.53

2.21 ± 0.58

0.131

 RA

2.13 ± 0.54

2.27 ± 0.61

0.195

 LL

6.98 ± 1.57

7.06 ± 1.70

0.794

 RL

7.01 ± 1.62

7.11 ± 1.72

0.721

Grip (non-dominant) (kg)

24.20 ± 8.14

22.25 ± 7.99

0.188

Grip (dominant) (kg)

25.19 ± 8.57

22.59 ± 8.55

0.102

4-m walk (m/s)

1.59 ± 0.32

1.40 ± 0.38

0.004*

Sarcopenia Risk Level 2014

0.42 ± 0.61

0.68 ± 0.77

0.029*

Sarcopenia Risk Level 2019

0.44 ± 0.62

0.81 ± 0.86

0.004*

AWGS 2014 Sarcopenia (n (%))

3 (6.3)

11 (14.1)

0.208

AWGS 2019 Sarcopenia (n (%))

3 (6.3)

12 (15.4)

0.208

AWGS 2019 possible sarcopenia (n (%))

16 (32)

41 (52.6)

0.047*

SARCF

0.42 ± 0.82

0.60 ± 0.92

0.269

Frailty and Depression

 SOF

0.21 ± 0.82

0.60 ± 0.92

0.004*

 PHQ-2

0.06 ± 0.32

0.28 ± 0.64

0.012*

  1. ASM Appendicular skeletal muscle mass, LA Left arm muscle mass, RA Right arm muscle mass, LL Left leg muscle mass, RL Right leg muscle mass
  2. * indicates statistically significant