PMID- 38315411 OWN - NLM STAT- Publisher LR - 20240205 IS - 1573-2606 (Electronic) IS - 1389-9155 (Linking) DP - 2024 Feb 5 TI - Diabetic Sarcopenia. A proposed muscle screening protocol in people with diabetes : Expert document. LID - 10.1007/s11154-023-09871-9 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVES: To propose the grounds for "diabetic sarcopenia" as a new comorbidity of diabetes, and to establish a muscle screening algorithm proposal to facilitate its diagnosis and staging in clinical practice. METHOD: A qualitative expert opinion study was carried out using the nominal technique. A literature search was performed with the terms "screening" or "diagnostic criteria" and "muscle loss" or "sarcopenia" and "diabetes" that was sent to a multidisciplinary group of 7 experts who, in a face-to-face meeting, discussed various aspects of the screening algorithm. RESULTS: The hallmark of diabetic sarcopenia (DS) is muscle mass atrophy characteristic of people with diabetes mellitus (DM) in contrast to the histological and physiological normality of muscle mass. The target population to be screened was defined as patients with DM with a SARC-F questionnaire > 4, glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1C) >/= 8.0%, more than 5 years since onset of DM, taking sulfonylureas, glinides and sodium/glucose cotransporter inhibitors (SGLT2), as well as presence of chronic complications of diabetes or clinical suspicion of sarcopenia. Diagnosis was based on the presence of criteria of low muscle strength (probable sarcopenia) and low muscle mass (confirmed sarcopenia) using methods available in any clinical consultation room, such as dynamometry, the chair stand test, and Body Mass Index (BMI)-adjusted calf circumference. DS was classified into 4 stages: Stage I corresponds to sarcopenic patients with no other diabetes complication, and Stage II corresponds to patients with some type of involvement. Within Stage II are three sublevels (a, b and c). Stage IIa refers to individuals with sarcopenic diabetes and some diabetes-specific impairment, IIb to sarcopenia with functional impairment, and IIc to sarcopenia with diabetes complications and changes in function measured using standard tests Conclusion: Diabetic sarcopenia has a significant impact on function and quality of life in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and it is important to give it the same attention as all other traditionally described complications of T2DM. This document aims to establish the foundation for protocolising the screening and diagnosis of diabetic sarcopenia in a manner that is simple and accessible for all levels of healthcare. CI - (c) 2024. The Author(s). FAU - de Luis Roman, Daniel AU - de Luis Roman D AD - Center Investigacion of Endocrinology and Nutrition, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. dadluis@yahoo.es. FAU - Gomez, Juana Carretero AU - Gomez JC AD - Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital of Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain. FAU - Garcia-Almeida, Jose Manuel AU - Garcia-Almeida JM AD - Clinical Management Unit of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Virgen de la Victoria Clinical Hospital, Malaga, Spain. FAU - Vallo, Fernando Garrachon AU - Vallo FG AD - Internal Medicine Department, Virgen de Macarena University Hospital, Seville, Spain. FAU - Rolo, German Guzman AU - Rolo GG AD - Medical Department, Abbott Laboratories, Madrid, Spain. FAU - Gomez, Juan Jose Lopez AU - Gomez JJL AD - Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, University Clinical Hospital of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. FAU - Tarazona-Santabalbina, Francisco Jose AU - Tarazona-Santabalbina FJ AD - Geriatrics Department, University Hospital of la Ribera, Alzira, Valencia, Spain. FAU - Sanz-Paris, Alejandro AU - Sanz-Paris A AD - Endocrinology Department, University Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20240205 PL - Germany TA - Rev Endocr Metab Disord JT - Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders JID - 100940588 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - Diagnosis OT - HMB OT - Malnutrition OT - Muscle mass OT - Sarcopenia OT - Screening OT - Type 2 diabetes EDAT- 2024/02/05 14:44 MHDA- 2024/02/05 14:44 CRDT- 2024/02/05 11:19 PHST- 2023/12/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/02/05 14:44 [medline] PHST- 2024/02/05 14:44 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/02/05 11:19 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11154-023-09871-9 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11154-023-09871-9 [doi] PST - aheadofprint SO - Rev Endocr Metab Disord. 2024 Feb 5. doi: 10.1007/s11154-023-09871-9.