Reference ranges of handgrip strength from 125,462 healthy adults in 21 countries: a prospective urban rural epidemiologic (PURE) study

P. Leong, Darryl; Teo, Koon; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Raman Kutty, V.; Laņas, Fernando; Chen, Hui; Quanyong, Xiang; Zhenzhen, Qian; Jinhua, Tang; Noorhassim, Ismail; F. AlHabib, Khalid; Moss, Sarah; Rosengren, Annika; Akalin, AAK; Rahman, Omar; Chifamba, Jephat; Orlandini, Andrés; Kumar, Rajesh; Yeates, Karen; Gupta, Rajeev; Yusufali, Afzalhussein; Miguel L. Dans, Antonio; Avezum, Álvaro; López‐Jaramillo, Patricio; Poirier, Paul; Heidari, Hosein; Zatońska, Katarzyna; Iqbal, Romaina; Khatib, Rasha; Yusuf, Salim

doi:10.1002/jcsm.12112

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Reference ranges of handgrip strength from 125,462 healthy adults in 21 countries: a prospective urban rural epidemiologic (PURE) study

Published in Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle • Apr 12, 2016

Authors:

Darryl P. Leong

Koon Teo

Sumathy Rangarajan

Abstract

Abstract Background The measurement of handgrip strength (HGS) has prognostic value with respect to all‐cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular disease, and is an important part of the evaluation of frailty. Published reference ranges for HGS are mostly derived from Caucasian po...

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