- Diabetes is a complex condition that can contribute to poor health outcomes.
- Research is ongoing about the best ways to manage diabetes and what complications and comorbidities can occur among people with diabetes, such as cardiovascular disease.
- One link researchers have been exploring is between diabetes and muscle mass, particularly aging-related muscle loss.
- A recent study indicates that people with diabetes who also have low muscle mass are at an increased risk for all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality.
Diabetes is a chronic condition that requires careful management, often with the help of many experts. A new study recently examined how low muscle mass among people with diabetes impacted all-cause mortality and mortality from cardiovascular disease.
The researchers found that individuals with diabetes and low muscle mass have a higher risk for cardiovascular disease mortality and all-cause mortality.
This association between low muscle mass and mortality appeared to be independent of factors like frailty, poor control of blood sugar, and microvascular complications.
The results were shared at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). The study findings have yet to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
People with diabetes may also have additional health problems that influence and are influenced by their diabetes. Thus, health management can involve working with several specialists to manage all conditions and promote well-being.
One area of interest is how these health…
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