Handgrip strength and all‐cause dementia incidence and mortality: findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Irene Esteban‐Cornejo (Author), Frederick K. Ho (Author), Fanny Petermann‐Rocha (Author), Donald M. Lyall (Author), David Martinez‐Gomez (Author), Verónica Cabanas‐Sánchez (Author), Francisco B. Ortega (Author), Charles H. Hillman (Author), Jason M.R. Gill (Author), Terence J. Quinn (Author), Naveed Sattar (Author), Jill P. Pell (Author), Stuart R. Gray (Author), Carlos Celis‐Morales (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background This study aimed to investigate the associations of grip strength with incidence and mortality from dementia and whether these associations differ by sociodemographic and lifestyle factors. Methods A total of 466 788 participants of the UK Biobank (median age 56.5 years, 54.5% wo...