Hand Grip Strength Cut‐Off Points as a Discriminator of Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity: Results from the ELSA‐Brasil Cohort

Hand Grip Strength Cut‐Off Points as a Discriminator of Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity: Results from the ELSA‐Brasil Cohort

ABSTRACT Background Hand grip strength (HGS) may represent an epidemiologically relevant alternative as an initial screening tool for sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity. However, no study evaluated the performance capacity of HGS compared to other biomarkers in discriminating these conditions in adul...

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Main Authors: Clarice Alves Santos, Helena Fraga Maia, Francisco José Gondim Pitanga, Maria da Conceição Chagas deAlmeida, Maria de Jesus Mendes daFonseca, Estela Mota Leão deAquino, Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso, Rosane Harter Griep, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Claudia Kimie Suemoto, Paulo Lotufo, Isabela Bensenor, Sheila Maria Alvim deMatos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-02-01
Series:Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Subjects:
diagnostic tests
muscular strength
musculoskeletal diseases
obesity
sarcopenia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.13723
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