Poor Lower Extremity Function Was Associated with Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes in Older Chinese People

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To determine whether a relationship exists between performance-based physical assessments and pre-diabetes/diabetes in an older Chinese population. Our study population comprised 976 subjects (mean ± SD age: 67.6±6.0 years; 44.5% men) from the Hangu area of Tianjin, China. Diabetes was defined by self-reporting of a physician's diagnosis, or a fasting plasma glucose level ≥126 mg/dL; and pre-diabetes was defined as a fasting plasma glucose level ≥100 mg/dL and P for trend = 0.007 and 0.008, respectively) and diabetes (P for trend = 0.012 and 0.014, respectively). However, women needing longer to finish the test and a decreased usual walking speed had a higher odds of diabetes (P for trend = 0.020 and 0.034, respectively) but not of pre-diabetes. There was no apparent association between grip strength and pre-diabetes/diabetes in both sexes. In this study, poor lower extremity function was associated with pre-diabetes/diabetes in older people.

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