Grip strength among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian adults: a longitudinal study of the effects of birth size and current size.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Indigenous Australians are born smaller than non-Indigenous Australians and are at an increased risk of early onset of frailty. This study aimed to identify the relationship between birth size, current size and grip strength, as an early marker of frailty, in Indigenous and non-Indigenous young adults.

Design

Cross sectional data from two longitudinal studies: Aboriginal birth cohort (Indigenous) and top end cohort (non-Indigenous).

Setting

Participants reside in over 40 urban and remote communities across the Northern Territory, Australia.

Participants

Young adults with median age 25 years (IQR 24-26); 427 participants (55% women), 267 (63%) were remote Indigenous, 55 (13%) urban Indigenous and 105 (25%) urban non-Indigenous.

Outcome measures

SUBMITTER: Howarth T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500337 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature