The Claim
In older Turkish adults with diabetes, the prevalence of low grip strength varies significantly depending on the threshold used for classification: 74.1% when using regionally normative thresholds, 74.6% with regionally calculated thresholds, and 41.1% with EWGSOP2 criteria, indicating that the choice of diagnostic standard strongly influences the identification of muscle weakness in this population.
What the research says
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Older Turkish adults with diabetes show very different rates of weak grip strength depending on which medical guidelines doctors use — some methods say nearly 3 out of 4 have weakness, while another says less than half. This means the rules used can change who gets diagnosed with muscle weakness.
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In older Turkish adults with diabetes, the prevalence of low grip strength is 74.1% when using regionally normative thresholds, 74.6% with regionally calculated thresholds, and 41.1% with EWGSOP2 thresholds, indicating substantial variation in muscle weakness classification depending on the criteria applied.
What the research says
1 studyThe study looks at how different strength cutoffs classify muscle weakness in older adults with diabetes, and it finds that the choice of cutoff changes how many people are labeled weak—just like the claim says.
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