Resistance Training and Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Strength of the Evidence

Table 1

Outcome measures.

Body composition measures	Musculoskeletal measures	Type 2 diabetes process measures
Whole body lean tissue mass (kg); Whole body fat mass (kg)	Muscle strength; (i) Upper body strength; (ii) Lower body strength; Muscle quality (defined as 1RM strength kg/unit lean body mass kg); Muscle fiber size; (i) Type I cross sectional area (CSA) (𝜇m^2); (ii) Type II CSA (𝜇m^2)	Fasting glucose (mmol/L); Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) (%); Blood pressure; Serum/fasting insulin (pmol/L); Lipids; (i) Total cholesterol (mmol/L); (ii) HDL cholesterol (mmol); (iii) Triglycerides; (iv) Free fatty acids (FFAs) (𝜇mol/L)