Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: investigate the assosiation between presence of sarcopenia and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Methods: The study included 138 women over 60 years old (Me 72[67;78] years) (76 patients with T2DM). Patients were examined with evaluation of muscle mass, muscle strength and muscle function. Muscle strength was measured with carpal dynamometry, muscle function was evaluated with short physical performance battery tests. Skeletal muscle mass index ...