Handgrip strength is associated with mortality in community-dwelling older adults: the Yilan cohort study, Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Hand grip strength (HGS) is one of the methods to help early identification of physical frailty and sarcopenia, the major concerns in the aging societies. It is also crucial to evaluate its impact on mortality. However, the available evidence regarding such impact among specific age cohorts (65 to 74 years and above) is limited. This study tried to investigate the relationship between HGS and mortality among specific cohorts of the community-dwelling older individuals in Yilan, Taiwan.

Methods

A seven-year longitudinal follow-up study was conducted involving 2,468 community-dwelling older individuals in Yilan. The participants were divided into two groups based on their quartiles of hand grip strength: with poor HGS and with good HGS. The association between HGS

SUBMITTER: Hsu NW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10631044 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature