Muscle strength and incidence of depression and anxiety: findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression and anxiety are the leading mental health problems worldwide; depression is ranked as the leading cause of global disability with anxiety disorders ranked sixth. Preventive strategies based on the identification of modifiable factors merit exploration. The aim of the present study was to investigate the associations of handgrip strength (HGS) with incident depression and anxiety and to explore how these associations differ by socio-demographic, lifestyle, and health-related factors.

Methods

The analytic sample comprised 162 167 participants (55% women), aged 38-70 years, from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study. HGS was assessed at baseline using dynamometry. Depression and anxiety were extracted from primary care and hospital admission records. Cox

SUBMITTER: Cabanas-Sanchez V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9398224 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature