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Associations of low handgrip strength with cancer mortality: a multicentre observational study.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Handgrip strength (HGS) is associated with poor clinical outcomes, including all-cause, non-cardiovascular, and cardiovascular mortalities. The published cut-off points for HGS are mostly based on community populations from Western countries, lacking information on cancer patients from China. The objective of this study was to establish sex-specific cut-off points for Chinese cancer patients and investigate the effect of low HGS on cancer mortality.

Methods

We did a retrospective cohort study of patients who were diagnosed with malignant cancer from June 2012 to December 2018. HGS was measured using a hand dynamometer in 8257 cancer patients. Optimal stratification was used to solve threshold points. The hazard ratio (HR) of all cancer mortality and cancer-specific mortality was calculated using Cox proportional hazard regression models.

Results

Among all participants, there were 3902 (47.3%) women and 4355 (52.7%) men. The median age was 58 years old. The cut-off points of HGS to best classify patients with respect to time to mortality were <16.1 kg for women and <22 kg for men. Low HGS was associated with overall cancer mortality in both women and men [HR = 1.339, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.170-1.531, P < 0.001; HR = 1.346, 95% CI = 1.176-1.540, P < 0.001, respectively]. For specific cancer types, low HGS was associated with breast cancer (HR = 1.593, 95% CI = 1.230-2.063, P < 0.001) in women, and lung cancer (HR = 1.369, 95% CI = 1.005-1.866, P = 0.047) and colorectal cancer (HR = 1.399, 95% CI = 1.007-1.944, P = 0.045) in men.

Conclusions

On the basis of our sex-specific cut-off points, low HGS was strongly associated with cancer mortalities. These results indicate the usefulness of HGS measurement in routine clinical practice for improving patient assessments, cancer prognosis, and intervention.

SUBMITTER: Zhuang CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7749566 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Associations of low handgrip strength with cancer mortality: a multicentre observational study.

Zhuang Cheng-Le CL   Zhang Feng-Min FM   Li Wei W   Wang Kun-Hua KH   Xu Hong-Xia HX   Song Chun-Hua CH   Guo Zeng-Qing ZQ   Shi Han-Ping HP  

Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle 20200910 6


<h4>Background</h4>Handgrip strength (HGS) is associated with poor clinical outcomes, including all-cause, non-cardiovascular, and cardiovascular mortalities. The published cut-off points for HGS are mostly based on community populations from Western countries, lacking information on cancer patients from China. The objective of this study was to establish sex-specific cut-off points for Chinese cancer patients and investigate the effect of low HGS on cancer mortality.<h4>Methods</h4>We did a ret  ...[more]

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