Prognostic value of grip strength: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

This study suggests that measurement of grip strength is a simple, inexpensive risk-stratifying method for all-cause death, cardiovascular death, and cardiovascular disease. Further research is needed to identify determinants of muscular strength and to test whether improvement in strength reduces mortality and cardiovascular disease. Funding Full funding sources listed at end of paper (see Acknowledgments).
Source: The Lancet - Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research