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Table 2 Grip strength by different diabetes status in 2516 men and 6664 women

From: Glycaemia and hand grip strength in aging people: Guangzhou biobank cohort study

 

Normoglycaemia

IFG only

IGT only

IFG + IGT

T2DM

Known T2DM

P for trend†

Men

 Number of subjects

1271

224

363

150

209

299

 

 Relative grip strength max†

1.38 (1.34, 1.42)

1.37 (1.33, 1.40)

1.36 (1.32, 1.39)

1.35 (1.30, 1.39)

1.33 (1.29, 1.38)

1.32 (1.27, 1.37)

0.02

 Relative grip strength mean†

1.30 (1.27, 1.34)

1.29 (1.26, 1.33)

1.28 (1.25, 1.31)

1.27 (1.24, 1.31)

1.26 (1.22, 1.30)

1.25 (1.21, 1.29)

0.01

 Relative grip strength left†

1.30 (1.26, 1.33)

1.28 (1.25, 1.32)

1.27 (1.23, 1.31)

1.26 (1.22, 1.30)

1.25 (1.21, 1.29)

1.24 (1.19, 1.29)

0.01

 Relative grip strength right†

1.31 (1.27, 1.35)

1.30 (1.27, 1.33)

1.29 (1.26, 1.33)

1.28 (1.25, 1.32)

1.27 (1.23, 1.31)

1.26 (1.22, 1.31)

0.01

 Absolute grip strength, kg††

32.76 (31.88, 33.65)

32.52 (31.68, 33.36)

32.27 (31.43, 33.12)

32.03 (31.14, 32.92)

31.79 (30.80, 32.77)

31.54 (30.44, 32.64)

0.03

Women

 Number of subjects

3395

487

993

391

558

840

 

 Relative grip strength max†

0.91 (0.89, 0.92)

0.90 (0.89, 0.92)

0.90 (0.89, 0.91)

0.90 (0.88, 0.91)

0.89 (0.87, 0.91)

0.88 (0.86, 0.90)

0.03

 Relative grip strength mean†

0.86 (0.84, 0.87)

0.85 (0.84, 0.87)

0.85 (0.84, 0.86)

0.85 (0.84, 0.86)

0.85 (0.83, 0.86)

0.84 (0.83, 0.86)

0.17

 Relative grip strength left†

0.85 (0.84, 0.86)

0.85 (0.83, 0.86)

0.84 (0.83, 0.86)

0.84 (0.83, 0.85)

0.84 (0.82, 0.85)

0.83 (0.81, 0.85)

0.15

 Relative grip strength right†

0.86 (0.85, 0.88)

0.86 (0.85, 0.87)

0.86 (0.85, 0.87)

0.86 (0.84, 0.87)

0.85 (0.84, 0.87)

0.85 (0.83, 0.87)

0.15

 Absolute grip strength, kg††

20.82 (20.49, 21.14)

20.72 (20.43, 20.01)

20.62 (20.33, 20.91)

20.52 (20.20, 20.85)

20.42 (20.04, 20.81)

20.33 (19.87, 20.78)

0.07

Total

 Number of subjects

4666

711

1356

541

767

1139

 

 Relative grip strength max$

1.02 (1.01, 1.03)

1.01 (1.00, 1.02)

1.00 (1.00, 1.01)

1.00 (0.99, 1.01)

0.99 (0.98, 1.00)

0.99 (0.97, 1.00)

0.005

 Relative grip strength mean$

0.96 (0.95, 0.97)

0.95 (0.95, 0.96)

0.95 (0.94, 0.96)

0.94 (0.94, 0.95)

0.94 (0.93, 0.95)

0.94 (0.92, 0.95)

0.03

 Relative grip strength left$

0.95 (0.94, 0.96)

0.94 (0.94, 0.95)

0.94 (0.93, 0.94)

0.93 (0.92, 0.94)

0.93 (0.91, 0.94)

0.92 (0.91, 0.94)

0.02

 Relative grip strength right$

0.97 (0.96, 0.98)

0.97 (0.96, 0.97)

0.96 (0.95, 0.97)

0.96 (0.95, 0.97)

0.95 (0.94, 0.96)

0.95 (0.93, 0.96)

0.02

 Absolute grip strength, kg$$

23.79 (23.58, 24.06)

23.67 (23.50, 23.84)

23.54 (23.38, 23.71)

23.42 (23.21, 23.63)

23.30 (23.01, 23.58)

23.17 (22.81, 23.53)

0.008

  1. Results were shown as mean (95% confidence interval), except for numbers
  2. †: Adjusted for age, education, smoking status, alcohol use, physical activity, body fat percentage and waist circumference
  3. ††: Adjusted for age, education, smoking status, alcohol use, physical activity, body fat percentage and waist circumference and body mass index (BMI)
  4. $: Adjusted for age, sex, education, smoking status, alcohol use, physical activity, body fat percentage and waist circumference
  5. $$: Adjusted for age, sex, education, smoking status, alcohol use, physical activity, body fat percentage and waist circumference and BMI
  6. IFG impaired fasting glucose, IGT impaired glucose tolerance, T2DM type 2 diabetes; relative grip strength max, maximal of the average of the right or the left grip strength divided by BMI; Relative grip strength mean, the mean of the average of both the right and the left grip strength divided by BMI; Relative grip strength left, the average of the left grip strength divided by BMI; Relative grip strength right, the average of the right grip strength divided by BMI; Absolute grip strength, maximal of the average of the right or the left grip strength
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