Abstract
Objectives
This propensity score–matched population-based cohort study compared stroke risk between patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with and without preexisting sarcopenia.
Research Design and Methods
We used data from Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database for the period from January 2008 to December 2019. We recruited patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and categorized them into two groups at a ratio of 1:1 on the basis of diagnosed sarcopenia. The matching variables were age, sex, income level, urbanization level, diabetes severity (adapted Diabetes Complications Severity Index [aDCSI Scores]), Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), other comorbidities associated with stroke, smoking status, medication use, and types of antidiabetic medications. The matching process yielded a final cohort of 104,120 patients (52,060 and 52,060 in the sarcopenia and nonsarcopenia groups, respectively) who were eligible for inclusion in subsequent analyses.
Results
In the multivariate Cox regression analysis, the adjusted hazard ratio (aHR; 95% CI) of stroke for the sarcopenia diabetes group compared with the control group was 1.13 (1.{vn10}, 1.16; P < 0.001), after controlling for age, sex, CCI, and aDCSI scores. The incidence rates of stroke for the sarcopenia and nonsarcopenia groups were 295.98 and 260.68 per 10,000 person-years, respectively. The significant IRR (95% CI) of stroke was 1.14 (1.09, 1.17) for the sarcopenia diabetes group compared with the nonsarcopenic diabetes group.
Conclusion
Preexisting sarcopenia increased the risk of stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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The datasets supporting the study conclusions are included within this manuscript and its additional files.
Abbreviations
- HR:
-
hazard ratio
- aHR:
-
adjusted hazard ratio
- CI:
-
confidence interval
- PSM:
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propensity score matching
- ICD-9-CM:
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International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification
- ICD-10-CM:
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International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification
- CCI:
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Charlson Comorbidity Index
- IQR:
-
interquartile range
- aDCSI:
-
adapted Diabetes Complications Severity Index
- NHI:
-
National Health Insurance
- NHIRD:
-
National Health Insurance Research Database
- IR:
-
incidence rate
- IRR:
-
incidence rate ratios
- IPTW:
-
inverse probability of treatment weighting.
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Chai, KC., Chen, WM., Chen, M. et al. Association between Preexisting Sarcopenia and Stroke in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. J Nutr Health Aging 26, 936–944 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-022-1846-0
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