Effect of low skeletal muscle mass and sarcopenic obesity on chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes
Da Hea Seo, Young Ju Suh, Yongin Cho, Seong Hee Ahn, Seongha Seo, Seongbin Hong, Yong‐ho Lee, Young Ju Choi, Eun Jig Lee, So Hun Kim
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Abstract Objective This study aimed to investigate the association between low muscle mass or sarcopenic obesity and the risk of incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods A total of 3123 patients with T2DM with preserved renal function were followed up for incident CKD. Skeletal muscle mass was estimated from bioelectrical impedance analysis. CKD was defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min/1.73 m 2 . Sarcopenic obesity was defined as the coexistence of sarcopenia and abdominal obesity. Results During 8.9 years of follow‐up, 530 (17.0%) patients developed incident CKD. When patients were divided into three groups based on sex‐specific tertiles, lower muscle mass was not associated with an increased risk of incident CKD after adjustment for risk factors. However, when patients were divided into four groups according to the presence of sarcopenia and obesity, sarcopenic obesity was associated with an increased risk of incident CKD (adjusted hazard ratio 1.77; 95% CI: 1.24‐2.51; p = 0.001) compared with the other groups. Conclusions Sarcopenic obesity, but not low muscle mass alone, may increase the risk of CKD in patients with T2DM.