Research published in BMCMedicine reports that body fat percentage (in both sexes) and waist-hip-ratio (males only) are associated with weaker grip strength.
Muscle weakness, which increases in prevalence with age, is a major public health concern. Grip strength is commonly used to identify weakness and an improved understanding of its determinants is required. We aimed to investigate if total and central adiposity are causally associated with grip strength.
In males, observed and MR associations were generally consistent: higher BMI and WC were associated with stronger grip; higher BF% and WHR were associated with weaker grip: 1-SD higher BMI was associated with 0.49 kg stronger grip; 1-SD higher WHR was associated with 0.45 kg weaker grip . Associations of BMI and WC with grip strength were weaker at older ages: in males aged < 50 years and 65 years + , 1-SD higher BMI was associated with 0.93 kg and 0.13 kg stronger grip, respectively.
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