The prevalence and risk factors of sarcopenia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sarcopenia was a frequent chronic complication in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and previous evidence showed conflicting results regarding the prevalence and risk factors of sarcopenia in T2DM. In the current study, we aimed at systematically exploring the prevalence and risk factors of sarcopenia in patients with T2DM.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were systematically searched to identify observational studies which investigated the prevalence and risk factors of sarcopenia in patients with T2DM. The quality of individual included studies was evaluated using The Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Pooled effects regarding prevalence and associated factors were calculated using random-effects models. The potential

SUBMITTER: Ai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8414692 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature