Nutrients (Oct 2021)

Association between Geriatric Nutrition Risk Index and The Presence of Sarcopenia in People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Fuyuko Takahashi,
  • Yoshitaka Hashimoto,
  • Ayumi Kaji,
  • Ryosuke Sakai,
  • Yuka Kawate,
  • Takuro Okamura,
  • Noriyuki Kitagawa,
  • Hiroshi Okada,
  • Naoko Nakanishi,
  • Saori Majima,
  • Takafumi Senmaru,
  • Emi Ushigome,
  • Mai Asano,
  • Masahide Hamaguchi,
  • Masahiro Yamazaki,
  • Michiaki Fukui

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13113729
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 11
p. 3729

Abstract

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The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the association between the geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) and the prevalence of sarcopenia in people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Having both low handgrip strength (2 for men and 2 for women) was diagnosed as sarcopenia. GNRI was estimated by the formula as below: GNRI = (1.489 × serum albumin level [g/L]) + (41.7 × [current body weight (kg)/ideal body weight (kg)]). Participants were dichotomized on the basis of their GNRI scores (GNRI n = 67/526) and 5.1% (n = 27/526), respectively. The proportion of sarcopenia in participants with low-GNRI was higher than that with high GNRI (44.4% [n = 12/27] vs. 11.0% [n = 55/499], p r = 0.232, p r = 0.514, p p = 0.001). The GNRI, as a continuous variable, was also related to the prevalence of sarcopenia (adjusted odds ratio, 0.89 [95% confidence interval: 0.86–0.93], p < 0.001). The present study revealed that low GNRI was related to the prevalence of sarcopenia.

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