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Using relative handgrip strength to identify children at risk of sarcopenic obesity.
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- Muscle strength, muscle morphology, and oxidative capacity in normal weight versus overweight and obese youth: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Sarcopenic Obesity in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- Health-Related Criterion-Referenced Cut-Points for Musculoskeletal Fitness Among Youth: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
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- Cluster analysis with body composition data for health risk assessment in children.Pediatric research · 2026Article
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- Sarcopenic obesity and skeletal development in children: recent advances.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Association between bioelectrical impedance analysis parameters and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease relative to handgrip strength in children and adolescents in Korea: A comparative study.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition · 2026Article
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Abstract
Identifying children at risk of developing childhood sarcopenic obesity often requires specialized equipment and costly testing procedures, so cheaper and quicker methods would be advantageous, especially in field-based settings. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between the muscle-to-fat ratio (MFR) and relative handgrip strength, and to determine the ability of handgrip strength relative to body mass index (grip-to-BMI) to identify children who are at risk of developing sarcopenic obesity. Grip-to-BMI was measured in 730 Czech children (4 to 14 yrs). Bioelectrical impedance was used to estimate body fat mass and skeletal muscle mass, from which the MFR was calculated. The area under the curve (AUC) was 0.791 (95% CI 0.692-0.890, p ˂ 0.001) in girls 4-9; 0.789 (95% CI 0.688-0.890, p ˂ 0.001) in girls 10-14 years old; 0.719 (95% CI 0.607-0.831, p = 0.001) in boys 4-9; and 0.896 (95% CI 0.823-0.969, p ˂ 0.001) in boys 10-14 years old. Calculated using the grip-to-BMI ratio, the OR (95% CI) for girls to be at risk of sarcopenic obesity identified by MFR was 9.918 (4.243-23.186, p ˂ 0.001) and was 11.515 (4.280-30.982, p ˂ 0.001) for boys. The grip-to-BMI ratio can be used to predict the presence of sarcopenic obesity in children, which can play a role in pediatric health interventions.
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