Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity Mediates the Association between Increased Age and Risk of Sarcopenia among Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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baPWV mediated 20.5% of the positive relationship between increased age and the prevalence of sarcopenia among Chinese patients with T2DM. Adjusted for sex, smoking status (ever or never), drinking status (ever or never), systolic blood pressure, vibration perception threshold classes (<15, ≥15 V), body mass index classes (<24, ≥24 kg/m²), alanine transaminase, creatinine, albumin, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, vitamin D, hemoglobin A1c classes (<7, ≥7%), and diabetes duration classes (≤10, >10 years).