title: Handgrip weakness and mortality risk in COPD: a multicentre analysis.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Rehabilitation Research Centre, Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burtin
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gerben
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ter Riet
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Milo A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Puhan
authors.affiliation: LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Waschki
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garcia-Aymerich
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pinto-Plata
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Bartolome
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Celli
authors.affiliation: LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, Germany Pulmonary Research Institute, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watz
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Rehabilitation Research Centre, Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium Department of Research & Education, CIRO+ Center of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure, Horn, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Martijn A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Spruit
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D018737:Hand Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: COPD epidemiology