作者
Victoria L Keevil, Robert Luben, Nichola Dalzell, Shabina Hayat, Avan Aihie Sayer, Nicholas J Wareham, K -T Khaw
发表日期
2015/1
期刊
The journal of nutrition, health & aging
卷号
19
页码范围
3-11
出版商
Springer Paris
简介
Objectives
The relationship between obesity and grip strength, a key indicator of sarcopenia, has been inconsistently reported. We aimed to examine associations between grip strength and both body mass index (BMI), a clinical indicator of total adiposity, and waist circumference (WC), an indicator of central adiposity.
Design
Cross-sectional study.
Setting and Participants
Data collected from 8,441 men and women, aged 48–92 years old, who attended the third health examination of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer-Norfolk study was used.
Measurements
Maximum grip strength (Smedley dynamometer), BMI (weight/height2) and WC (measured at the natural waist) were ascertained at a research clinic. The associations between grip strength and adiposity measures …
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