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Low grip strength may be useful to identify a higher-risk subgroup of patients with diabetes.
Clinicians should consider grip strength assessments in diabetes management.
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Low grip strength may be useful to identify a higher-risk subgroup of patients with diabetes.
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Based on the prospective cohort study design.
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Associations Between Diabetes and Both Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality Are Modified by Grip Strength: Evidence From UK Biobank, a Prospective Population-Based Cohort Study
Carlos Celis‐Morales et al. · Diabetes Care · 2017
DOI 10.2337/dc17-0921
cohort · n=347130Cited 126×
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