Mortality in the Hertfordshire Ageing Study: association with level and loss of hand grip strength in later life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

weak hand grip strength in later life is a risk factor for disability, morbidity and mortality and is central to definitions of sarcopenia and frailty. It is unclear whether rate of change in grip strength adds to level of grip strength as a risk factor for poor ageing outcomes.

Methods

study participants were 292 community-dwelling men and women whose grip strength was measured during the 1994/5 (average age 67) and 2003/5 (average age 76) phases of the Hertfordshire Ageing Study, UK. Individual rate of change in grip strength was estimated using a residual change method. Mortality was followed-up to 2011 (42 men and 21 women died).

Results

average grip strengths in 2003/5 were 38.4 kg (standard deviation [SD] = 8.1) and 23.7 kg (SD = 6.6) for men and wome

SUBMITTER: Syddall HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5500162 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature