Cross-sectional associations between different measures of obesity and muscle strength in men and women in a British cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The relationship between obesity and grip strength, a key indicator of sarcopenia, has been inconsistently reported. We aimed to examine associations between grip strength and both body mass index (BMI), a clinical indicator of total adiposity, and waist circumference (WC), an indicator of central adiposity.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting and participants

Data collected from 8,441 men and women, aged 48-92 years old, who attended the third health examination of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer-Norfolk study was used.

Measurements

Maximum grip strength (Smedley dynamometer), BMI (weight/height2) and WC (measured at the natural waist) were ascertained at a research clinic. The associations between grip strength and adiposity me

SUBMITTER: Keevil VL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6284799 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature