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The effect of diabetes mellitus on age‐associated lean mass loss in 3153 older adults
Author(s) -
Lee J. S. W.,
Auyeung T. W.,
Leung J.,
Kwok T.,
Leung P. C.,
Woo J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03118.x
Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , medicine , body mass index , lean body mass , weight loss , endocrinology , obesity , body weight
Diabet. Med. 27, 1366–1371 (2010) Abstract Aims Diabetes mellitus may be associated with excessive lean mass loss. Other diabetes‐related conditions may also play a role. We assessed body composition changes associated with diabetes in older adults with adjustment for diabetes‐related co‐morbidities. Methods Three thousand, one hundred and fifty‐three community‐living adults aged ≥ 65 years were examined for lifestyle factors, diabetes‐related medical conditions and body composition by dual energy X‐ray absorptiometry at baseline and 4 years later. Body composition changes were compared between participants with diabetes and those without diabetes. Multivariate linear regression was used to examine the relationship between appendicular lean mass loss and confounders. Results Appendicular lean mass loss in men with diabetes was two times that of men without diabetes (−1.5% in ‘no diabetes’ vs. −3.0% in ‘diabetes’) and in women with diabetes was 1.8 times that of those without diabetes (−1.9% in ‘no diabetes’ vs. −3.4% in ‘diabetes’) over 4 years. Men with diabetes also had higher total body mass loss and higher total body fat loss than men without diabetes. Women with diabetes had higher total body mass loss but total body fat loss was similar. After adjusting for age, body mass index, diabetes‐related conditions, lifestyle factors and total body mass loss, diabetes remained an independent predictor of appendicular lean mass loss in both men and women. Conclusion Diabetes was associated with higher body mass loss and higher appendicular lean mass loss in older adults. In men, diabetes was also associated with total body fat loss.