Institution: | 1. Departments of Cardiology, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, 221 Yanan West Road Shanghai, 200040, China;2. Department of Neurology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139 Renmin Middle Road Changsha 410011 China;3. Department of Nephrology, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, 221 Yanan West Road Shanghai 200040, China;4. Department of General Medicine, Renji Hospital affiliated to JiaoTong University, 1630 Pujian Road Shanghai 200127, China;5. Department of Chronic Diseases Management, Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, 98 Nantong West Road, Yangzhou 225001, China;1. Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California, 1100 Glendon Avenue, Suite 850, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA;2. Departments of Neurology and Epidemiology, University of Washington, 908 Jefferson St, Seattle, WA 98104, USA;1. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People''s Republic of China;2. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People''s Republic of China;1. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, PR China;2. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, PR China;1. Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, Naples, Italy;2. Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery University Federico II Naples, Italy;3. Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, University of Salerno, Italy |
Abstract: | Background and aimsLow serum creatinine (Cr) to cystatin C (cysC) ratio has been suggested to be associated with low muscle mass and strength and poor prognosis in various chronic disease. We investigated the associations of CCR with sarcopenia and carotid plaque score (PS) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Methods and resultsA total of 1577 patients with type 2 diabetes were enrolled. High PS was defined as PS ≥ 3. Sarcopenia was assessed by the measurement of appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) and grip strength (GS). Compared to the highest CCR group, the lowest tertile group was older; had higher C-reactive protein levels, CIMT, and PS, but lower cysC-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (cysC-eGFR), ASM/BMI, and GS. Positive correlations between CCR and ASM/BMI (r = 0.239 in men and 0.303 in women, p < 0.001) and GS (r = 0.282 in men and 0.270 in women, p < 0.001) were observed in both genders. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for high PS after adjusting for age and sex were 1.22 (0.92–1.61, p = 0.18) in the middle and 1.74 (1.31–2.30, p < 0.001) in the lowest tertiles, respectively, with those of the lowest tertile remaining significant after further adjusting for multiple confounders.ConclusionsLow CCR was independently associated with sarcopenia and high PS in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, especially after adjusting for ASM/BMI and GS. |