Hand grip strength and chair stand test amongst Greenlandic Inuit: reference values and international comparisons
Muscle strength is an important predictor for function and mortality among older adults. We measured hand grip strength among 1442 participants aged 15+ years and carried out a 30 second chair stand test among 786 participants aged 55+ years. Neither test has been carried out among the Inuit before....
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:54114b47cfc7409c9835876d888c4b7b 2023-05-15T15:07:32+02:00 Hand grip strength and chair stand test amongst Greenlandic Inuit: reference values and international comparisons Peter Bjerregaard Charlotte Brandstrup Ottendahl Marit Eika Jørgensen 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1966186 https://doaj.org/article/54114b47cfc7409c9835876d888c4b7b EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1966186 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2021.1966186 https://doaj.org/article/54114b47cfc7409c9835876d888c4b7b International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 80, Iss 1 (2021) hand grip strength chair stand test inuit greenland older adults reference values Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1966186 2022-12-31T15:14:03Z Muscle strength is an important predictor for function and mortality among older adults. We measured hand grip strength among 1442 participants aged 15+ years and carried out a 30 second chair stand test among 786 participants aged 55+ years. Neither test has been carried out among the Inuit before. We present reference values for men and women as means with standard deviations and medians with 10th, 25th, 75th and 90th percentiles. Hand grip strength was higher among men than among women (means 45.2 kg and 25.8 kg; p < 0.0001), in linear regression analyses it increased with height (βmen = 0.69; βwomen = 0.46), weight (βmen = 0.24; βwomen = 0.08) and body mass index (βmen = 0.56; βwomen = 0.24), and decreased with age (βmen = −0.49; βwomen = −0.29) and Inuit genetic ancestry (βmen = −0.96; βwomen = −0.59). Chair stand score showed similar associations with sex (mean score for men and women 13.8 and 11.5; p < 0.0001), age (βmen = −0.22; βwomen = −0.20) and Inuit genetic ancestry (βmen = −0.38; βwomen = −0.41). The hand grip strength of the Inuit was at the same level as in European and North American populations whereas chair stand score was lower than that of a mostly white US population. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health Greenland greenlandic GRIP International Journal of Circumpolar Health inuit Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Greenland International Journal of Circumpolar Health 80 1 |
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Muscle strength is an important predictor for function and mortality among older adults. We measured hand grip strength among 1442 participants aged 15+ years and carried out a 30 second chair stand test among 786 participants aged 55+ years. Neither test has been carried out among the Inuit before. We present reference values for men and women as means with standard deviations and medians with 10th, 25th, 75th and 90th percentiles. Hand grip strength was higher among men than among women (means 45.2 kg and 25.8 kg; p < 0.0001), in linear regression analyses it increased with height (βmen = 0.69; βwomen = 0.46), weight (βmen = 0.24; βwomen = 0.08) and body mass index (βmen = 0.56; βwomen = 0.24), and decreased with age (βmen = −0.49; βwomen = −0.29) and Inuit genetic ancestry (βmen = −0.96; βwomen = −0.59). Chair stand score showed similar associations with sex (mean score for men and women 13.8 and 11.5; p < 0.0001), age (βmen = −0.22; βwomen = −0.20) and Inuit genetic ancestry (βmen = −0.38; βwomen = −0.41). The hand grip strength of the Inuit was at the same level as in European and North American populations whereas chair stand score was lower than that of a mostly white US population. |
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Hand grip strength and chair stand test amongst Greenlandic Inuit: reference values and international comparisons |
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Hand grip strength and chair stand test amongst Greenlandic Inuit: reference values and international comparisons |
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Hand grip strength and chair stand test amongst Greenlandic Inuit: reference values and international comparisons |
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Hand grip strength and chair stand test amongst Greenlandic Inuit: reference values and international comparisons |
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Hand grip strength and chair stand test amongst Greenlandic Inuit: reference values and international comparisons |
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hand grip strength and chair stand test amongst greenlandic inuit: reference values and international comparisons |
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