Association between arthritis and hand grip strength indices combined with anthropometry in an older Korean population

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hand grip strength (HGS) is related to arthritis and all-cause mortality. Many studies have examined the association between HGS and arthritis, but these studies did not consider relative HGS indices. The objectives of this study were to examine the association between arthritis and HGS indices in an older Korean population and to compare an absolute HGS index and a relative HGS indices.

Methods

In a large-scale cross-sectional study, a total of 16,860 subjects older than 50 years from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Survey from 2014 to 2019 were included for statistical analysis. A binary logistic regression model was used to examine the association between arthritis and HGS indices in crude and covariate-adjusted models.

Results

In the crude

SUBMITTER: Chi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10470972 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature