Reference ranges of handgrip strength from 125,462 healthy adults in 21 countries : A prospective urban rural epidemiologic (PURE) study

Background The measurement of handgrip strength (HGS) has prognostic value with respect to all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular disease, and is an important part of the evaluation of frailty. Published reference ranges for HGS are mostly derived from Caucasian populations...

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Institution:Universidad EIA
Main Authors: Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio, Leong, Darryl P., Teo, Koon, Rangarajan, Sumathy, Raman Kutty, V., Lanas, Fernando, Hui, Chen, Quanyong, Xiang, Zhenzhen, Qian, Jinhua, Tang, Noorhassim, Ismail, AlHabib, Khalid F., Moss, Sarah J., Rosengren, Annika, Arzu Akalin, Ayse, Rahman, Omar, Chifamba, Jephat, Orlandini, Andres, Kumar, Rajesh, Yeates, Karen, Gupta, Rajeev, Yusufali, Afzalhussein, Dans, Antonio, Avezum, Alvaro, Poirier, Paul P., Heidari, Hosein, Zatonska, Katarzyna, Iqbal, Romaina, Khatib, Rasha, Yusuf, Salim
Format: Artículo de revista
Language:English
Published: 2016-03-14
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Online Access:https://repositorio.udes.edu.co/handle/001/3224
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