Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients and controls
From: Sarcopenia: a chronic complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus
CG | DG | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 65.92 ± 8.84 | 65.84 ± 8.82 | 0.9513 |
Weight (Kg) | 66.09 ± 9.97 | 72.32 ± 12.00 | |
Height (m) | 1.59 ± 0.08 | 1,6 ± 0.09 | |
BMI (Kg/m2) | 25.96 ± 2.55* | 28.16 ± 3.89* | < 0.0001 |
WC (cm) | 86.20 ± 9.92 | 96.10 ± 11.80 | < 0.0001 |
Calcium intake (mg/day) | 680 ± 425* | 400 ± 304* | < 0.0001 |
Gender (n (%)) | 1.0 | ||
Female | 59 (71%) | 59 (71%) | |
Male | 24 (29%) | 24 (29%) | |
Ethnicity | |||
White | 81 (97.6%) | 79 (95.2%) | 0.4459 |
Black | 2 (2.4%) | 4 (4.8%) | |
Past history of fracture | 18 (21%) | 32(38%) | 0.018 |
Current smoking | 1 (1.2%) | 5 (6%) | 0.367 |
Current alcohol intake | NA | 5 (6%) | – |
Healthy diet (portions/day) | 0.01 | ||
0–3 | 23 (27%) | 38 (45%) | |
4 or more | 60 (82%) | 45 (54%) | |