Low muscle mass doubles cardiovascular death risk in individuals with diabetes, new research reveals
Recent findings presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Hamburg, Germany, have illuminated a significant connection between low muscle mass and a doubled risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in individuals with diabetes. Remarkably, this association remains independent of factors such as frailty, glycemic control, and microvascular complications, including retinopathy and nephropathy.
For the study, the researchers analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) involving 1,514 adults with diabetes in the US. The study followed these participants for an average of 9.3 years, during which 413 deaths occurred (106 in the low muscle mass group and 307 in the normal muscle mass group). Of these deaths, 147 were due to CVD (42 in the low muscle mass group and 105 in the normal muscle mass group).
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