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ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2015

Grip Strength as a Marker of Hypertension and Diabetes in Healthy Weight Adults.

Arch G Mainous, Rebecca J Tanner, Stephen D Anton, Ara Jo

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Article in American journal of preventive medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Arch G MainousDepartment of Health Services Research, Management, and Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida;. Electronic address: arch.mainous@ufl.edu.
Rebecca J TannerDepartment of Health Services Research, Management, and Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Stephen D AntonDepartment of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Ara JoDepartment of Health Services Research, Management, and Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
University of Florida · USUniversity of Florida Health · US

Funding

University of Florida Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC)P30AG028740 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Peihua Qiu · 2007 to 2026
$22.8M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028740NIA NIH HHS P30AG028740
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMuscle strength may play a role in cardiometabolic disease. We examined the relationship between hand grip strength and diabetes and hypertension in a sample of healthy weight adults.

methodsIn 2015, we analyzed the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2012 for adults aged ≥20 years with healthy BMIs (between 18.5 and <25) and no history of cardiovascular disease (unweighted n=1,467; weighted n=61,587,139). Hand grip strength was assessed with a dynamometer. Diabetes was based on hemoglobin A1c level and reported diabetes diagnosis. Hypertension was based on measured blood pressure and reported hypertension diagnosis.

resultsIndividuals with undiagnosed diabetes compared with individuals without diabetes had lower grip strength (51.9 vs 69.8, p=0.0001), as did individuals with diagnosed diabetes compared with individuals without diabetes (61.7 vs 69.8, p=0.008). Mean grip strength was lower among individuals with undiagnosed hypertension compared with individuals without hypertension (63.5 vs 71.5, p=0.008) as well as among individuals with diagnosed hypertension compared with those without hypertension (60.8 vs 71.5, p<0.0001). In adjusted analyses controlling for age, sex, race, smoking status, and first-degree relative with disease, mean grip strength was lower for undiagnosed diabetes (β=-10.02, p<0.0001) and diagnosed diabetes (β=-8.21, p=0.03) compared with individuals without diabetes. In adjusted analyses, grip strength was lower among individuals with undiagnosed hypertension (β=-6.6, p=0.004) and diagnosed hypertension (β=-4.27, p=0.04) compared with individuals without hypertension.

conclusionsAmong healthy weight adults, combined grip strength is lower in individuals with diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes and hypertension.

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AdultAgedBiomarkersDiabetes MellitusFemaleHand StrengthHealth SurveysHumansHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedBiomarkers

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