Fig. 5. The prevalence of sarcopenia (class I+class II) in subjects with recent-onset diabetes and without diabetes. Sarcopenia was classified as class I or class II, defined as appendicular skeletal muscle mass/weight 1 to 2 or >2 standard deviations, respectively, below the gender-specific mean for healthy young adults. The entire prevalence of sarcopenia in each age group was separated by gray and black bars which represent the prevalence of sarcopenia class I and II, respectively. DM, diabetes mellitus.