Key result
Muscle ultrasound measuring thigh muscle thickness, combined with fat-free mass and handgrip strength, predicted sarcopenia with an AUC of 0.78 in frail older adults with diabetes.
Why the study?
Sarcopenia and diabetes contribute to frailty, creating a need for accessible methods like muscle ultrasound to screen for sarcopenia in clinical practice.
Does muscle ultrasound correlate with other measures of sarcopenia and predict sarcopenia in frail elderly patients with diabetes?
Population
47 frail elderly patients with diabetes
Design
Cross-sectional pilot study
Authors
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May support bedside sarcopenia screening in frail diabetic elderly; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Cross-Sectional (n=47)
Does muscle ultrasound correlate with other measures of sarcopenia and predict sarcopenia in frail elderly patients with diabetes?
Effect estimate: AUC 0.78
Muscle ultrasound is a feasible tool that correlates with bioimpedance analysis and can help identify regional sarcopenia in frail elderly patients with diabetes.
Simó-Servat et al. (2023) conducted a cross-sectional in Frailty and diabetes (n=47). Muscle ultrasound (MUS) for thigh muscle thickness (TMT) was evaluated on Prediction of sarcopenia using a logistic regression model including fat-free mass, handgrip strength, and thigh muscle thickness (AUC 0.78). Muscle ultrasound measuring thigh muscle thickness, combined with fat-free mass and handgrip strength, predicted sarcopenia with an AUC of 0.78 in frail older adults with diabetes.
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