Association of Handgrip Strength with Hospitalization, Cardiovascular Events, and Mortality in Japanese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

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Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2017 Aug 3

PMID 28765572

Citations 44

Authors

Hidetaka Hamasaki

Yu Kawashima

Hisayuki Katsuyama

Akahito Sako

Atsushi Goto

Hidekatsu Yanai

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Abstract

Handgrip strength is useful for the diagnosis of sarcopenia. We examined the associations of handgrip strength with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular events, and hospitalization in patients with type 2 diabetes. From April 2013 to December 2015, we conducted a retrospective cohort study to examine patients with type 2 diabetes whose handgrip strength was measured at our hospital. All patients were followed up until May 2016. A total of 1,282 patients (63.8 ± 13.9 years) were enrolled and followed up for 2.36 ± 0.73 years. During the follow-up period, 20 patients (1.6%) died, 14 (1.1%) experienced cardiovascular events, and 556 (43.4%) were admitted to our hospital for any diseases. Multiple regression analyses revealed that handgrip strength was favorably associated with abdominal obesity and renal function. Moreover, Cox proportional hazard analyses with adjustment for potential confounding variables revealed that handgrip strength was significantly associated with occurrence of CVD events and hospitalization in all subjects. In addition, handgrip strength was significantly associated with mortality and hospitalization in men and with hospitalization in women. Handgrip strength could be a prognostic indicator for health as well as a diagnostic marker of skeletal muscle mass loss in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes.

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