Uncomplicated diabetes does not accelerate age-related sarcopenia.


Akpinar T. S., Tayfur M., Tufan F., Sahinkaya T., Kose M., OZSENEL E. B., ...Daha Fazla

The aging male : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male, cilt.17, sa.4, ss.205-10, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Background: Diabetes is reported to accelerate sarcopenia (age-related loss of muscle mass and function). We aimed to assess muscle mass and strength in elderly diabetics, elderly non-diabetics, younger diabetics and healthy subjects, and to define correlates of muscle mass and strength in these subjects.