Using hand grip strength to detect slow walking speed in older adults: the Yilan study

BMC Geriatrics

Table 6 Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis for optimal cutoffs of hand grip strength for detecting slow 6-meter walking speed test

	Hand grip strength (kg)	Sensitivity	Specificity	Area under curve	p-value	Accuracy rate (%)
Total	19.73	0.55	0.83	0.74	< 0.001	66.9
Men	35.10	0.92	0.42	0.70	< 0.001	66.4
Women	17.93	0.62	0.80	0.76	< 0.001	67.9
< 75 years	23.65	0.71	0.60	0.68	< 0.001	65.3
≥ 75 years	16.58	0.52	0.94	0.79	< 0.001	63.3

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