ArticleAmerican journal of hypertension2018
Handgrip Strength and Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents: Evidence From NHANES 2011 to 2014.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Muscular Fitness and Cardiometabolic Variables in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Pooled it
- Inter-Arm Blood Pressure Differences and Handgrip Strength in Youth Athletes: Implications for Early Cardiovascular Screening.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Association of Initial Muscle Fitness with Weight Loss and Metabolically Healthy Status in Children and Adolescents with Obesity: A Retrospective Study.Metabolites · 2024Article
- Role of muscle mass in the association between handgrip strength and blood pressure in children and adolescents.Journal of human hypertension · 2024Article
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- Muscle quality is negatively related to hypertension prevalence in adults: Results from NHANES 2011-2014.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2023Article
- Handgrip Strength Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance in Children and Adolescents: Analysis of Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2014-2018.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2022Article
- Metabolic syndrome and its association with components of sarcopenia in older community-dwelling Chinese.Journal of biomedical research · 2022Article
- Normalization of Muscle Strength Measurements in the Assessment of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Relative Handgrip Strength and Risk of Cardiometabolic Disorders: A Prospective Study.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- Primary Prevention: No Associations of Strength and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Status With Arterial Stiffness in Young School Children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Article
- Multifactorial correlates of blood pressure in South Asian children in Canada: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious studies have reported that handgrip strength, a measure of muscular fitness, is associated with cardiovascular risk factors. However, the association of handgrip strength with blood pressure (BP) in children has been inconsistent. We tested the association of handgrip strength with systolic and diastolic BP in children and adolescents from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2014.
methodsThe study included 3,929 participants aged 8-19 years who underwent a handgrip test. The sum of the maximum handgrip strength from both hands was used. General linear models were used to examine the associations between handgrip strength and the outcome variables.
resultsAfter adjustment for age, race, sex, body mass index, and physical activities, handgrip strength was significantly and positively associated with systolic (P < 0.0001) and diastolic (P = 0.01) BP. There was an increasing trend in systolic BP as handgrip strength increased from the bottom quartile to the top quartile, with 2.1 mm Hg difference between the top and the bottom quartiles (P for trend <0.0001). Similar results were observed for diastolic BP.
conclusionsMuscular fitness is positively associated with BP in children and adolescents. The implications and underlying mechanisms for these results need further examinations.
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