Research Article
Association between ALT/AST and Muscle Mass in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Table 1
The characteristics of patients with and without low muscle mass.
| Characteristics | Male () | Female () | Normal muscle mass () | Low muscle mass () | value | Normal muscle mass () | Low muscle mass () | value |
| Age (years) | | | <0.001 | | | 0.002 | Smoking | | | 0.640 | | | 0.999 | No () | 211 | 51 | | 426 | 70 | | Yes () | 240 | 64 | | 5 | 1 | | Drinking | | | 0.932 | | | 0.999 | No() | 253 | 64 | | 429 | 71 | | Yes() | 198 | 51 | | 2 | 0 | | Duration (years) | 7.0 (4.0,10.0) | 8.0 (6.0,12.0) | 0.006 | 8.0 (5.0,10.0) | 8.0 (5.0,10.0) | 0.932 | BMI (kg/m2) | | | <0.001 | | | <0.001 | SMI(kg/m2) | | | <0.001 | | | <0.001 | SBP (mmHg) | | | 0.137 | | | 0.779 | DBP (mmHg) | | | 0.006 | | | 0.994 | TG (mmol/L) | 1.63 (1.05,2.46) | 1.10 (0.85,1.83) | <0.001 | 1.47 (1.03,2.15) | 1.32 (0.86,1.62) | 0.002 | TC (mmol/L) | | | 0.724 | | | 0.624 | LDL (mmol/L) | | | 0.958 | | | 0.445 | HDL (mmol/L) | | | 0.011 | | | 0.136 | FPG (mmol/L) | | | 0.604 | | | 0.037 | HbA1c (%) | | | 0.028 | | | 0.528 | ALT(U/L) | 19.0 (14.0,28.0) | 15.0 (11.0,21.0) | <0.001 | 16.0 (12.0,22.0) | 14.0 (11.0,20.0) | 0.066 | AST(U/L) | 17.0 (14.0,22.0) | 16.0 (13.0,20.0) | 0.003 | 16.0 (13.0,20.0) | 18.0 (14.0,20.0) | 0.402 | ALT/AST | 0.87 (0.68,1.07) | 1.00 (0.82,1.26) | <0.001 | 1.00 (0.80,1.20) | 1.09 (0.96,1.38) | <0.001 |
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