The association of grip strength with health outcomes does not differ if grip strength is used in absolute or relative terms: a prospective cohort study | Zendy

Frederick K. Ho | Zendy; Carlos CelisMorales | Zendy; Fanny PetermannRocha | Zendy; Anne Sillars | Zendy; Paul Welsh | Zendy; Claire E. Welsh | Zendy; Jana Anderson | Zendy; Donald M. Lyall | Zendy; Daniel Mackay | Zendy; Naveed Sattar | Zendy; Jason M. R. Gill | Zendy; Jill P. Pell | Zendy; Stuart R. Gray | Zendy

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The association of grip strength with health outcomes does not differ if grip strength is used in absolute or relative terms: a prospective cohort study

Author(s) -

Frederick K. Ho,

Carlos CelisMorales,

Fanny PetermannRocha,

Anne Sillars,

Paul Welsh,

Claire E. Welsh,

Jana Anderson,

Donald M. Lyall,

Daniel Mackay,

Naveed Sattar,

Jason M. R. Gill,

Jill P. Pell,

Stuart R. Gray

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afz068

Subject(s) - grip strength , medicine , anthropometry , body mass index , hand strength , cohort , relative risk , incidence (geometry) , kilogram , cohort study , prospective cohort study , physical strength , demography , physical therapy , confidence interval , body weight , mathematics , geometry , sociology

higher grip strength is associated with better health outcomes. The optimal way to report grip strength (i.e. absolute vs. relative) for prediction, however, remains to be established.

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