Type 2 diabetes does not account for ethnic differences in exercise capacity or skeletal muscle function in older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

The aim of this study was to compare exercise capacity, strength and skeletal muscle perfusion during exercise, and oxidative capacity between South Asians, African Caribbeans and Europeans, and determine what effect ethnic differences in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes has on these functional outcomes.

Methods

In total, 708 participants (aged [mean±SD] 73 ± 7 years, 56% male) were recruited from the Southall and Brent Revisited (SABRE) study, a UK population-based cohort comprised of Europeans (n = 311) and South Asian (n = 232) and African Caribbean (n = 165) migrants. Measurements of exercise capacity using a 6 min stepper test (6MST), including measurement of oxygen consumption ([Formula: see text]) and grip strength, were performed. Skeletal muscle was

SUBMITTER: Jones S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6997264 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature