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Published on: February 2, 2017
Lower grip strength in youth with obesity identifies those with increased cardiometabolic risk
Tomi T Laitinen1, Christoph Saner2, Joel Nuotio1
1Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Centre for Population Health Research, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital Turku, Finland; Paavo Nurmi Centre, Sports & Exercise Medicine Unit, Department of Physical Activity and Health, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Background:
We examined whether grip strength differentiates youth with obesity with increased cardiometabolic risk.
Methods:
The sample comprised 43 youth with severe obesity (mean age 14.8, standard deviation 3.0 years) enrolled in the Childhood Overweight BioRepository of Australia. Grip strength was normalized to body mass and categorized as low and moderate/high.
Results:
Youth with low grip strength had higher systolic blood pressure (mean difference 13mmHg), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (0.26mmol/l), continuous metabolic syndrome score (0.36), and carotid intima-media thickness (0.05mm) compared with those with moderate/high grip strength.
Conclusions:
Low grip strength may differentiate youth with obesity with increased cardiometabolic risk.
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