Muscle strength cut-offs for the detection of metabolic syndrome in a nonrepresentative sample of collegiate students from Colombia

• Main Authors: Antonio Garcia-Hermoso (Author), Alejandra Tordecilla-Sanders (Author), Jorge Enrique Correa-Bautista (Author), Mark D. Peterson (Author), Mikel Izquierdo (Author), Aura Cristina Quino-Ávila (Author), Carolina Sandoval-Cuellar (Author), Katherine González-Ruíz (Author), Robinson Ramírez-Vélez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Evidence shows an association between grip strength and health; however, grip strength cut-offs for the detection of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Latin American populations are scarce. The purpose of this study was to determine cut-offs of normalized grip strength (NGS) for the detection...