Between-study differences in grip strength: a comparison of Norwegian and Russian adults aged 40-69 years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying individuals with low grip strength is an initial step in many operational definitions of sarcopenia. As evidence indicates that contemporaneous Russian populations may have lower mean levels of grip strength than other populations in northern Europe, we aimed to: compare grip strength in Russian and Norwegian populations by age and sex; investigate whether height, body mass index, education, smoking status, alcohol use and health status explain observed differences and; examine implications for case-finding low muscle strength.

Methods

We used harmonized cross-sectional data on grip strength and covariates for participants aged 40-69 years from the Russian Know Your Heart study (KYH) (n = 3833) and the seventh survey of the Norwegian Tromsø Study (n = 

SUBMITTER: Cooper R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8718040 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature