title: Relative Handgrip Strength Is a Simple Indicator of Cardiometabolic Risk among Middle-Aged and Older People: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Taiwan.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Muscle strength may play an important role in cardiovascular health. The study was intended to evaluate the association between cardiometabolic risk, risk of coronary artery disease and handgrip strength by using the relative handgrip strength.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data of 927 Taiwanese aged 53 years and older (510 men and 417 women) were retrieved from a nationwide representative population-based cohort cross-sectional study in 2006. All participants were interviewed face-to-face and received measures of anthropometry, dominant handgrip strength, relative handgrip strength (summation of both handgrip strength divided by body mass index) and serum biomarkers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multivariate linear regression analysis showed the significant association between relative handgrip strength and favorable cardiometabolic risk factors including blood pressure, triglyceride, total cholesterol to high density cholesterol(HDL-C) ratio, glycohemoglobin (HbA1c), uric acid, Framingham risk score in men, and HDL-C, fasting glucose, HbA1c, log hsCRP in women. Dominant hand grip strength was only associated with log hsCRP in women. (p<0.05 for all), but was not significant associated with all cardiovascular biomarkers and FRS in both sex.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Joint with handgrip strength and body size, as relative handgrip strength, may be a better tool to capture conceptual concomitant health, which may be a simple, inexpensive, and easy-to-use tool when targeting cardiovascular health in public health level.
authors: Aging and Health Research Center, National Yang Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan.|Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan.|Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Yuanshan Branch, Yilan County, Taiwan.
authors: Wei-Ju
authors: WJ
authors: Lee
authors: Aging and Health Research Center, National Yang Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan.|Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan.|Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan.
authors: Li-Ning
authors: LN
authors: Peng
authors: Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan.|Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei City, Taiwan.
authors: Shu-Ti
authors: ST
authors: Chiou
authors: Aging and Health Research Center, National Yang Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan.|Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan.
authors: Liang-Kung
authors: LK
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D018737:Hand Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013624:Taiwan; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002784:Cholesterol; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D014280:Triglycerides; D014527:Uric Acid