Trajectories of Handgrip Strength and Their Associations with Mortality among Older Adults in Korea: Analysis of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Handgrip strength (HGS) is a good predictor of adverse health outcomes in later life. This prospective study aimed to investigate whether HGS trajectory patterns were associated with all-cause mortality among older adults in Korea.

Methods

This study used the database of the 2006-2016 Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging. Study participants included 3,069 adults aged ≥65 years without a previous history of cancer. The trajectory model was developed to identify different homogeneous trajectory patterns of HGS according to study period. Cox proportional hazards models were then applied to investigate the association between HGS and all-cause mortality.

Results

The survival probability according to HGS during the follow-up period decreased as base HGS weakened.

SUBMITTER: Bae KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7884901 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature