This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest edited by Dr. Elsa S. Strotmeyer, is devoted to Medical Complications of Diabetes in Older Adults. Articles in this issue include: Glucose Dysregulation: Pathophysiology and Prevention; Diabetic Medications and Polypharmacy; Physical Function and Disability; Diabetes and Osteoarthritis; Adiposity, Muscle Mass, and Diabetes; Exercise and Weight Loss in Diabetes Management; Diabetes and Cognition; Diabetes and Depression; Sleep Apnea and Diabetes; Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease; and Diabetes and Balance and Falls.
1. Introduction: Diabetes and Aging - p. 8 2. Obesity and Diabetes in an Aging Population - p. 11 3. Antidiabetic Medications and Polypharmacy - p. 20 4. Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults with Diabetes Mellitus - p. 26 5. The Effect of Type 2 Diabetes on Body Composition of Older Adults - p. 32 6. Physical Function and Disability in Older Adults with Diabetes - p. 38 7. Links Between Osteoarthritis and Diabetes - p. 45 8. Falls Risk in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes - p. 54 9. Diabetes and Cognition - p. 61 10. Depression Among Older Adults with Diabetes Mellitus - p. 69 11. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Type 2 Diabetes in Older Adults - p. 76 12. Index - p. 82
This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest edited by Dr. Elsa S. Strotmeyer, is devoted to Medical Complications of Diabetes in Older Adults. Articles in this issue include: Glucose Dysregulation: Pathophysiology and Prevention; Diabetic Medications and Polypharmacy; Physical Function and Disability; Diabetes and Osteoarthritis; Adiposity, Muscle Mass, and Diabetes; Exercise and Weight Loss in Diabetes Management; Diabetes and Cognition; Diabetes and Depression; Sleep Apnea and Diabetes; Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease; and Diabetes and Balance and Falls.
1. Introduction: Diabetes and Aging - p. 8 2. Obesity and Diabetes in an Aging Population - p. 11 3. Antidiabetic Medications and Polypharmacy - p. 20 4. Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults with Diabetes Mellitus - p. 26 5. The Effect of Type 2 Diabetes on Body Composition of Older Adults - p. 32 6. Physical Function and Disability in Older Adults with Diabetes - p. 38 7. Links Between Osteoarthritis and Diabetes - p. 45 8. Falls Risk in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes - p. 54 9. Diabetes and Cognition - p. 61 10. Depression Among Older Adults with Diabetes Mellitus - p. 69 11. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Type 2 Diabetes in Older Adults - p. 76 12. Index - p. 82
