PMID- 38370441 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240220 IS - 2472-1972 (Electronic) IS - 2472-1972 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 3 DP - 2024 Jan 16 TI - Low Handgrip Strength (Possible Sarcopenia) With Insulin Resistance Is Associated With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. PG - bvae016 LID - 10.1210/jendso/bvae016 [doi] LID - bvae016 AB - CONTEXT: Older adults with sarcopenic obesity are at high risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, few East Asians have sarcopenic obesity. Since many East Asians have insulin resistance (IR) without obesity, it is possible that older East Asians with sarcopenia and IR might be at high risk for T2DM. However, this relationship has not been studied. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 1629 older adults aged 65 to 84 years registered in the Bunkyo Health Study. All underwent a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test and handgrip strength measurement. Participants were classified into 4 groups by possible sarcopenia (handgrip strength <28 kg in men and <18 kg in women) and IR status (triglyceride glucose [TyG] index >/=8.79 for men and >/=8.62 for women [third quartile]). Modified Poisson regression was used to estimate relative risk (RR) and 95% CIs for T2DM with adjustment for confounding factors. RESULTS: The mean age was 73.1 +/- 5.4 years. T2DM was diagnosed in 212 (13.0%) participants. After adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, use of lipid-lowering medications, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, possible sarcopenia and IR were associated with T2DM, with their coexistence showing a notably stronger association (control: RR, 1.00 [Reference]; possible sarcopenia: RR, 1.55 [95% CI, 1.04-2.30]; IR: RR, 2.69 [95% CI, 1.99-3.65]; and IR possible sarcopenia: RR, 4.76 [95% CI, 3.34-6.79]). CONCLUSION: Possible sarcopenia based on low handgrip strength and IR based on the TyG index are independently associated with T2DM in older Japanese individuals. Their coexistence shows a particularly strong association with T2DM. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Endocrine Society. FAU - Tajima, Tsubasa AU - Tajima T AD - Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Kaga, Hideyoshi AU - Kaga H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0579-2177 AD - Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Someya, Yuki AU - Someya Y AD - Sportology Center, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Tabata, Hiroki AU - Tabata H AD - Sportology Center, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Naito, Hitoshi AU - Naito H AD - Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Kakehi, Saori AU - Kakehi S AD - Sportology Center, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. AD - Sports Medicine & Sportology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Ito, Naoaki AU - Ito N AD - Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Yamasaki, Nozomu AU - Yamasaki N AD - Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Sato, Motonori AU - Sato M AD - Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Kadowaki, Satoshi AU - Kadowaki S AD - Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Sugimoto, Daisuke AU - Sugimoto D AD - Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Nishida, Yuya AU - Nishida Y AD - Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Kawamori, Ryuzo AU - Kawamori R AD - Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. AD - Sportology Center, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. AD - Sports Medicine & Sportology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Watada, Hirotaka AU - Watada H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5961-1816 AD - Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. AD - Sportology Center, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Tamura, Yoshifumi AU - Tamura Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1685-7821 AD - Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. AD - Sportology Center, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. AD - Sports Medicine & Sportology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240202 PL - United States TA - J Endocr Soc JT - Journal of the Endocrine Society JID - 101697997 PMC - PMC10872678 OTO - NOTNLM OT - handgrip strength OT - insulin resistance OT - sarcopenia OT - triglyceride glucose index OT - type 2 diabetes EDAT- 2024/02/19 06:43 MHDA- 2024/02/19 06:44 PMCR- 2024/02/02 CRDT- 2024/02/19 04:11 PHST- 2023/09/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/02/19 06:44 [medline] PHST- 2024/02/19 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/02/19 04:11 [entrez] PHST- 2024/02/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - bvae016 [pii] AID - 10.1210/jendso/bvae016 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Endocr Soc. 2024 Feb 2;8(3):bvae016. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvae016. eCollection 2024 Jan 16.