Article
Creatinine-To-Cystatin C Ratio as a Marker of Sarcopenia for Identifying Osteoporosis in Male Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
2022-02-21
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<h4>Background: </h4> Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with an increased incidence rate of sarcopenia and osteoporosis. Serum creatinine-to-cystatin C ratio (CCR) is a novel and simple tool which can be used as an index of sarcopenia. This study aims to investigate the association between CCR and osteoporosis and bone mineral density (BMD) in T2DM patients. Methods Recruited 166 females and 252 males...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 0256caec-2d9f-571f-a135-6e7f7773019d
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1364770/v1
