Handgrip Strength at Baseline and Mortality Risk in a Cohort of Women and Men on Hemodialysis: A 4-Year Study

Conclusions: This study demonstrates that HGS predicts all-cause mortality in men and women on MHD. Differences seem to exist between women and men on MHD in the role played by nutritional status in explaining the increased risk of death associated with low HGS.

http://www.jrnjournal.org/article/S1051-2276(13)00228-8/abstract?rss=yes

Source: Journal of Renal Nutrition - March 5, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Cácia Mendes Matos, Luciana Ferreira Silva, Ludmilla Dias Santana, Larissa S. Santos, Bruno M. Protásio, Mateus Teixeira Rocha, Vanessa Lima Ferreira, Matheus Freitas Azevedo, Márcia Tereza Silva Martins, Gildete Barreto Lopes, Antonio Alberto Lopes Tags: Original Research Source Type: research