Response to Revisiting: “Prevalence of and factors associated with sarcopenia among multi-ethnic ambulatory older Asians with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a primary care setting”

BMC Geriatrics

Foon Yin Fung¹  Ngiap Chuan Tan² 

[1] MOH Holdings, 1 Maritime Square, #11-25 HarbourFront Centre, 099253, Singapore, Singapore;SingHealth Polyclinics, SingHealth-Duke NUS Family Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, 167 Jalan Bukit Merah, Connection One, Tower 5, #15-10, 150167, Singapore, Singapore;

关键词: Sarcopenia;    Asian;    Type 2 diabetes mellitus;    Primary care;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12877-021-02563-6

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

To address and clarify the concerns of fellow researchers of “Revisiting: “Prevalence of and factors associated with sarcopenia among multi-ethnic ambulatory older Asians with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a primary care setting”. While chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may be a contributing factor, it is our study limitation to capture a significant number of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for analyses. Also, ethnicity is not associated with sarcopenia.

【 授权许可】

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