Table 2.

Comparison between type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with and without sarcopenia

	Sarcopenia group (n = 51)	Non-sarcopenia group (n = 145)	t	P value
Age (years)	71.41 ± 4.87	72.29 ± 4.87	1.108	0.269
Course of diabetes mellitus (years)	16.84 ± 3.31	14.68 ± 0.91	7.130	< 0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)	23.11 ± 2.1	25.10 ± 2.36	5.263	< 0.0001
FBG (mmol/L)	9.59 ± 2.31	9.72 ± 2.30	0.369	0.712
HbA1c (%)	9.14 ± 1.71	9.15 ± 1.81	0.010	0.992
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	3.99 ± 1.24	4.37 ± 1.43	1.668	0.097
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.54 ± 0.73	1.80 ± 0.83	1.239	0.217
High-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)	1.09 ± 0.25	1.15 ± 0.32	1.153	0.250
Low-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)	2.42 ± 0.86	2.55 ± 0.94	0.884	0.378
25(OH)D3 (ng/mL)	19.17 ± 6.39	22.82 ± 8.11	2.917	0.004

BMI: Body mass index; FBG: Fasting blood glucose; HbA1c: Glycosylated hemoglobin.