Handgrip strength is associated with mortality in community-dwelling older adults: the Yilan cohort study, Taiwan

• Glavni autori: Nai-Wei Hsu (Autor), Ching-Heng Lin (Autor), Nan-Ping Yang (Autor), Hsi-Chung Chen (Autor), Pesus Chou (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Abstract Introduction Hand grip strength (HGS) is one of the methods to help early identification of physical frailty and sarcopenia, the major concerns in the aging societies. It is also crucial to evaluate its impact on mortality. However, the available evidence regarding such impact among specifi...