Decrease in handgrip strength in rheumatoid arthritis (RA): is there a sex-related difference?

Žura, Nikolino; Vukorepa, Marta; Jurak, Ivan; Perić, Porin; Botonjić, Jasmina; Matijević, Andreja; Mitrović, Helena Kolar; Laktašić-Žerjavić, Nadica; Durmiš, Kristina Kovač; Kalebota, Nataša; Žagar, Iva; Caktaš, Ivan Ljudevit

doi:10.1007/s00296-021-04959-4

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“…The study emphasized that the reduction in HGS and pinch strength was an important predictor of functional disability in arthritis patients. Žura et al [ 11 ] investigated differences in HGS between 100 men and women with rheumatoid arthritis compared with 100 healthy subjects and reported that both men and women with rheumatoid arthritis showed statistically weaker HGS than healthy subjects and that the magnitude of the association was greater for men than for women. Chen et al [ 12 ] tested the relationship of HGS with health status among patients with rheumatoid arthritis and suggested that patients with arthritis had lower HGS and more functional limitations than subjects without arthritis.…”

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“…Common confounding variables in medicine are the attributes of subjects, and most studies related to diseases consider confounders based on sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Age, BMI, exercise, and occupation have been used in previous studies [ 2 , 11 , 13 , 23 , 24 , 27 , 38 ] and were selected as adjustment variables because these factors may influence results related to HGS or arthritis. Additionally, we adjusted for the potential confounders of education level, alcohol consumption, smoking status, and household income associated with HGS or arthritis based on previous studies [ 2 , 13 , 38 ].…”

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“…Hand grip strength (HGS), which reflects overall muscle strength, is a cost-effective, reliable, quick, and easy measure of many diseases [1,2]. HGS is closely associated with cardiovascular mortality [1][2][3], all-cause mortality [4], visual impairment and diabetic retinopathy [5], alexithymia [6], myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome [7], nonalcoholic fatty liver disease [8], osteoporosis [9], and arthritis [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. Normative HGS is strongest among individuals aged 40-50 years and gradually decreases with age in both men and women [23,24].…”

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“…To date, studies have been conducted to determine the association between HGS and arthritis in many countries [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. These studies have reported that higher HGS contributes to a decreased prevalence of arthritis, and HGS is a useful screening tool for arthritis.…”

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Association between arthritis and hand grip strength indices combined with anthropometry in an older Korean population

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Lee

2023

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Background Hand grip strength (HGS) is related to arthritis and all-cause mortality. Many studies have examined the association between HGS and arthritis, but these studies did not consider relative HGS indices. The objectives of this study were to examine the association between arthritis and HGS indices in an older Korean population and to compare an absolute HGS index and a relative HGS indices. Methods In a large-scale cross-sectional study, a total of 16,860 subjects older than 50 years from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Survey from 2014 to 2019 were included for statistical analysis. A binary logistic regression model was used to examine the association between arthritis and HGS indices in crude and covariate-adjusted models. Results In the crude analysis, all anthropometric and HGS indices were associated with arthritis except for weight in men. In adjusted models 1 and 2, among the anthropometric indices, waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) were associated with arthritis in men but not in women. Absolute HGS and all relative HGS indices showed a negative association with arthritis among both men and women, and the magnitude of the association of arthritis with the absolute HGS index and the relative HGS indices was similar. However, the magnitude of the association between all HGS indices and arthritis was higher for men than for women except in the crude analysis. Discussion Absolute and relative HGS indices had negative associations with arthritis, and the magnitude of the association between the absolute HGS index and arthritis and between the relative HGS indices and arthritis was similar in all models. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an association between arthritis and relative HGS indices, which was not observed in previous studies.

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Association between arthritis and hand grip strength indices combined with anthropometry in an older Korean population

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2023

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“…Il y a peu d'études qui ont comparé le hand grip dans la PR en fonction du sexe. Une étude retrouvait un hand grip plus altéré chez les hommes, ce qui discorde avec notre population (33).…”

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