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Correlation between low handgrip strength and metabolic syndrome in older adults: a systematic review.
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- Associations of Handgrip Strength Weakness and Asymmetry With New-Onset Stroke in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study in Europe.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2026Article
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- Association between the cardiometabolic index and intrinsic capacity and its domains in older adults: a study based on CHARLS data.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Forty years later: adult health and non-communicable disease following the 1984-1985 Great Ethiopian Famine - a retrospective cohort study.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Association between handgrip strength and visceral obesity with low appendicular skeletal muscle mass in Chinese adults.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Effects of Minimally Processed Red Meat within a Plant-Forward Diet on Biomarkers of Physical and Cognitive Aging: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Feeding Trial.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
- Muscle strength and the risk of Multimorbidity in Middle-aged and older Chinese adults: A prospective cohort study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Association Between Fasting Insulin Levels and Handgrip Strength: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Dynapenic abdominal obesity and the risks of heart disease and all-cause mortality: a 7-year longitudinal study among middle-aged and older Chinese adults.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Grip Strength, Anthropometric Indices, and Their Combination in Screening for Metabolic Syndrome in the Korean Population.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Muscle weakness has been associated to insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome in the general population. However, it is still unclear whether this association is maintained in older adults. This study investigated correlations between low handgrip strength (HGS) and metabolic syndrome, or some of its components, in older adults through a systematic review of the literature. Searches were conducted in the Virtual Health Library Regional Portal, Scopus, Cochrane, Embase, MEDLINE/ PubMed, SciELO, and Web of Science databases for relevant studiesinvestigating muscle weakness (measured by hand dynamometer) and metabolic syndrome or its components in older adult populations, published up to September 2023. From the 2050 references initially identified, 20 studies, comprising a total of 31,264 older adults of both genders, completely met the inclusion/exclusion criteria. Eighteen studies showed that lower HGS was associated with metabolic syndrome or some of its risk factors, such as abdominal obesity, hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, or high blood pressure. Two studies found that older men with high blood pressure had increased HGS. Most studies included in this systematic review revealed a significant correlation between reduced HGS and metabolic syndrome or some of its components, especially abdominal obesity and insulin resistance. We conclude that below-average HGS can be associated with metabolic syndrome in older adults.
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