Research
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In elderly women, the association between grip strength and mortality is not statistically significant after adjusting for confounding factors and body composition.
For elderly women, grip strength alone may not be a reliable standalone predictor of mortality risk after accounting for other health factors. The predictive power seen in men was not replicated in this female cohort, likely due to sample size.
GoodRefutesMEDIUM confidence
In women, this relation was weakened by further adjustment for the potential confounding factors and, separately, for fat-free mass, % body fat, or BMI.
Why this rating
Same robust cohort design, but the finding is limited by sample size/power for women.
Source
Grip strength, body composition, and mortality
Catharine R. Galé et al. · International Journal of Epidemiology · 2006
DOI 10.1093/ije/dyl224
cohort · n=800Cited 745×
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