Association between changes in working status and hand-grip strength among Korean middle-aged and older adults: a longitudinal panel study.

ABSTRACT: We investigated the association between working status changes and hand-grip strength (HGS) among middle-aged and older Korean adults using data from the 2006-2018 Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging. After excluding those with less than normal HGS in the baseline year, newly added panels, and missing values, 3843 participants (2106 men; 1737 women) were finally included. After adjusting for potential confounders, we used a 2-year lagged multivariable generalized estimating equation model to examine this association longitudinally. Men who quit working or who continued to be non-working were more likely to have lower HGS than those who continued to work (working → non-working, adjusted odds ratio [OR]: 1.47, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.26-1.70; non-working → non-working, adjusted OR: 1.5

SUBMITTER: Yun I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9330927 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature