Are thyroid hormone levels and sarcopenia in elderly patients associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and euthyroidism?
- Authors: Bulgakova S.V.1, Treneva E.V.1, Kurmaev D.P.1, Chetverikova I.S.1
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Affiliations:
- Samara State Medical University
- Issue: Vol 8, No 4 (2023)
- Pages: 233-238
- Section: Gerontology and geriatrics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2500-1388/article/view/232051
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.35693/2500-1388-2023-8-4-233-238
- ID: 232051
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Aim – to study the relationship between thyroid function parameters (free T3 (FT3), free T4 (FT4), FT3/FT4 ratio), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and parameters characterizing sarcopenia (muscle mass and strength, physical performance) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and euthyroidism.
Material and methods. The study included 312 elderly patients with T2DM in a state of euthyroidism (mean age 65.39 ± 2.28 years). In all participants the following parameters were measured: anthropometric parameters, thyroid hormones (FT3, FT4), TSH, fasting blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), fasting C-peptide and insulin, lipid profile, body composition, handgrip strength, walking speed.
Results. Sarcopenia was prevalent in 26.9% of T2DM patients with euthyroidism. A binary logistic regression analysis adjusted for age, gender, smoking and alcohol consumption, T2DM duration, hypertension, HbA1c level, eGFR, TG, HDL and fat mass fraction showed that the high-normal FT3 level (OR = 0.522, 95% CI: 0.304–0.895, p = 0.018), a low-normal FT4 level (OR = 1.126, 95% CI: 1.009–1.258, p = 0.034) and an increased FT3/FT4 ratio (OR = 0.923, 95% CI: 0.879–0.969, p = 0.001) were associated with a low prevalence of sarcopenia. FT3 concentration was positively associated with muscle strength (OR = 0.525, 95% CI: 0.305–0.902, p = 0.020) and walking speed (OR = 0.443, 95% CI: 0.259–0.758, p = 0.003), while FT4 concentration was negatively associated with muscle mass (OR = 1.114, 95% CI: 1.009–1.232, p = 0.036). The FT3/FT4 ratio was positively associated with muscle mass (OR = 0.943, 95% CI: 0.905–0.981, p = 0.006), muscle strength (OR = 0.945, 95% CI: 0.901–0.992, p = 0.021), and walking speed (OR = 0.934, 95% CI: 0.894–0.975, p = 0.002). TSH levels were not associated with sarcopenia.
Conclusion. The high FT3/FT4 ratio is significantly associated with a low risk of sarcopenia in T2DM patients with euthyroidism.
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Svetlana V. Bulgakova
Samara State Medical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: s.v.bulgakova@samsmu.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0027-1786
PhD, Associate professor, Head of the Department of Endocrinology and Geriatrics
Russian Federation, 89 Chapaevskaya st., Samara, 443099Ekaterina V. Treneva
Samara State Medical University
Email: e.v.treneva@samsmu.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0097-7252
PhD, Associate professor, Department of Endocrinology and Geriatrics
Russian Federation, 89 Chapaevskaya st., Samara, 443099Dmitrii P. Kurmaev
Samara State Medical University
Email: d.p.kurmaev@samsmu.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4114-5233
PhD, assistant of the Department of Endocrinology and Geriatrics
Russian Federation, 89 Chapaevskaya st., Samara, 443099Irina S. Chetverikova
Samara State Medical University
Email: chetverikova_irina@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7519-7360
a postgraduate student, Department of Endocrinology and Geriatrics
Russian Federation, 89 Chapaevskaya st., Samara, 443099References
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