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- Title
Role of Sarcopenia in Diabetes Mellitus.
- Authors
Sang Youl Rhee
- Abstract
One of the important physical changes associated with aging is a decline in muscle mass and strength. Such change is known to occur starting in the early thirties, and multiple factors such as ethnicity, gender, genetic factors, lifestyle, and underlying medical conditions intricately affect this phenomenon. Especially in elderly people, sarcopenia is crucial for declining physical function and quality of life associated with such physiologic changes, and it is also considered to be a risk factor for chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus. In this article, I briefly describe the definition, clinical implications, and influence on diabetes mellitus of sarcopenia, and discuss current clinical recommendations for preventing sarcopenia in diabetic patients.
- Subjects
SARCOPENIA; DIABETES; MUSCLE strength; AGING; PEOPLE with diabetes; QUALITY of life
- Publication
Journal of Korean Diabetes, 2013, Vol 14, Issue 4, p178
- ISSN
2233-7431
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4093/jkd.2013.14.4.178