Prolonged hospitalization and 1-year mortality are associated with sarcopenia and malnutrition in older patients with type 2 diabetes: A prospective cohort study
Authors' conclusion
In older patients with type 2 diabetes, those with sarcopenia, and malnutrition have higher odds of prolonged hospitalization and risk of mortality within one year after hospital discharge.
Study context
- Population
- Hospitalized patients aged ≥60 years with T2D, university hospital in Southern Brazil
- Participants
- 319 patients
- Exposure
- Sarcopenia and malnutrition vs well-nourished without sarcopenia
- Outcome
- Prolonged LOS, readmission and one-year mortality
Methodological detailssingle-centre, multivariate analyses adjusted for confounders
- Single-centre
- Multivariate analyses adjusted for confounders
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Probability of LOS ≥14 days
2.42
95 % CI 1.35–4.36
Risk of one-year mortality
2.01
95 % CI 1.09–3.72
- Higher one-year mortality with malnutrition and sarcopenia vs well-nourished without sarcopenia (Kaplan-Meier)
- log-rank p < 0.05
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Prolonged hospitalization and 1-year mortality are associated with sarcopenia and malnutrition in older patients with type 2 diabetes: A prospective cohort study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 16 December 2023. doi:10.
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