Poor lower extremity function was associated with pre-diabetes and diabetes in older chinese people.

Poor lower extremity function was associated with pre-diabetes and diabetes in older chinese people.

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 sel...

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Main Authors: Wen Zhang, Suxing Shen, Wei Wang, Chunling Zhou, Limin Xu, Jiahe Qiu, Jiaqi Wang, Xiangxue Meng, Yixiong Liang, Kaijun Niu, Qi Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4274122?pdf=render

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