Does abdominal obesity accelerate muscle strength decline in older adults? Evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

DHT de Carvalho, S Scholes, JLF Santos… - The Journals of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Cross-sectional evidence has shown an association between abdominal
obesity and lower muscle strength in older adults. However, no longitudinal findings have …

Dynapenic abdominal obesity as a risk factor for worse trajectories of ADL disability among older adults: the ELSA cohort study

TS Alexandre, S Scholes, JLF Santos… - The Journals of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background There is little epidemiological evidence demonstrating that dynapenic
abdominal obese individuals have worse trajectories of disability than those with dynapenia …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between muscle strength with different measures of obesity and lipid profiles in men and women: results from RaNCD cohort study

Y Pasdar, M Darbandi, E Mirtaher… - Clinical nutrition …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We aimed to examine associations between muscle strength and obesity and serum lipid
profile in Ravansar Non-Communicable Disease (RaNCD) cohort study. This study was …

[HTML][HTML] Handgrip strength in the Korean population: normative data and cutoff values

YL Lee, BH Lee, SY Lee - Annals of geriatric medicine and …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background We aimed to report the age-and sex-specific normative data of Korean handgrip
strength (HGS) and to establish the cutoffs values of low HGS in Korean populations …

Hand grip strength and peak expiratory flow among individuals with diabetes: findings from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study baseline survey

T Ma, T Liu, D Wu, C Li - Clinical Nursing Research, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The manifestation of muscle dysfunction associated with diabetes is commonly observed in
skeletal muscles. The negative effect of hyperglycemia on muscle function is systemic and it …

[HTML][HTML] Physical fitness and body composition in women with systemic lupus erythematosus

S Sola-Rodríguez, B Gavilán-Carrera, JA Vargas-Hitos… - Medicina, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background and objectives: Higher physical fitness is associated with a more favorable
weight and body composition in the general population, although this association has not …

Impact of obesity and physical inactivity on the long-term change in grip strength among middle-aged and older European adults

T Wang, W Feng, S Li, Q Tan, D Zhang… - J Epidemiol Community …, 2019 - jech.bmj.com
Background Grip strength is a well-established predictor of various chronic conditions and
all-cause mortality. Body weight and physical activity (PA) are considered potential …

[HTML][HTML] A vegetable and fish dietary pattern is positively associated with skeletal muscle mass in Korean men

BY Jang, SY Bu - Clinical Nutrition Research, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Isolating the effects of a single nutrient or food in relation to health outcomes including
increased skeletal muscle mass is a challenging task because dietary constituents are …

Grip strength as a predictor of cerebrovascular disease

SH Jung, JH Kim - Health Policy and Management, 2019 - koreascience.kr
Background: Cerebrovascular disease is included in four major diseases and is a disease
that has high rates of prevalence and mortality around the world. Moreover, it is a disease …

Association between Muscular Strength and Depressive Symptoms among Chinese Nursing Freshmen—A Cross-Sectional Study

Z Ren, L Guo, J Cao, Y Li, G Yang, P Cheng, B Liu… - 2019 - researchsquare.com
Increased physical activity level is related to lower risk of depressive symptoms, and an
inverse association between muscular strength and risk of depressive symptoms among the …