Assessment of phase angle as a novel indicator for sarcopenic obesity according to the ESPEN/EASO criteria in older adults with diabetes mellitus

• Published in: Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) Vol. 123; p. 112412
• Main Authors: Hafızoğlu, Merve, Yıldırım, Hatice Kübra, Öztürk, Yelda, Şahiner, Zeynep, Karaduman, Didem, Atbaş, Cansu, Doğu, Burcu Balam, Halil, Meltem Gülhan, Cankurtaran, Mustafa, Balcı, Cafer
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2024; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Adults; Biomarkers; Body mass index; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Comorbidity; Criteria; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Diagnosis; Electric currents; Females; Frailty; Gastrointestinal surgery; Geriatrics; Grip strength; Malnutrition; Mental depression; Metabolism; Morbidity; Mortality; Muscle strength; Musculoskeletal system; Nutritional status; Obesity; Older adults; Older people; Patients; Performance assessment; Phase angle; Phase shift; Reactance; Regression analysis; Sarcopenia; Sarcopenic obesity; Vitamin deficiency; Walking; Sarcopenic obesity; Phase angle; Older adults; Diabetes mellitus

•Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is a clinical condition with worse clinical outcomes, increased mortality, and morbidity than sarcopenia.•The relationship between the BIA-derived phase angle (PhA) and sarcopenia is known, but the relationship between PhA and SO in older adults with type DM remains unclear....