ナイジェリアの高齢のアフリカ人の握手力の相関関係:人口ベースのVALIANTプロジェクトの結果
Rufus O Akinyemi1, Oladotun V Olalusi2, Gabriel O Ogunde3
1Neuroscience and Aging Research Unit, Institute of Advanced Medical Research and Training, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; Department of Neurology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria; College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria.
The Journal of frailty & aging
|September 4, 2025
まとめ
ハンドグリップ強度 (HGS) は,ナイジェリアの成人の性別,弱さ,認知によって異なります. 高血圧と糖尿病は女性のHGSに影響し,身体的,心代謝的,認知的な健康との関係を強調しています.
科学分野:
- ゲロントロジー
- 公衆衛生
- 人間の生理学
背景:
- ハンドグリップ強度 (HGS) は,人種,遺伝子,地域によって大きく異なっています.
- 人口特有のHGS値とその決定因子の確立は,正確な健康評価に不可欠です.
- 以前の研究では,特にアフリカの多様な集団において,局所的なHGSデータが必要であることを示しています.
研究 の 目的:
- ナイジェリアの都市地域における手握り強度 (HGS) の規範値を決定する.
- この特定の集団におけるHGSの相関と決定因子を調査する.
- HGSと人口統計的,臨床的,認知的要因の関連性を調査する.
主な方法:
- この研究では,ナイジェリアのイバダンにある"Vascular health, frailty, and cognition in Ageing Nigerians sStudy (VALIANT) "の参加者607人を対象に評価を行った.
- 参加者は,多段階の,階層化されたクラスターランダムサンプリング法を使用して採用されました.
- 最大HGSの決定因子を特定するために,線形回帰モデルを使用した. HGS) でした.
主要な成果:
- 平均は最大で HGSは全体で19. 65±10. 16kgで,男性 (24. 51±14. 01kg) と女性 (17. 31±6. 51kg) の間で有意な差があった.
- 独立して予測できる数値 HGSには女性の性別 (β=6. 38),臨床的脆弱性 (β=1. 35),およびベースラインのMoCAスコア (β=0. 37) が含まれていた.
- 女性では高血圧 (β=2. 64) と糖尿病 (β=2. 61) が最大死亡率と関連していた. HGSは男性とは違います
結論:
- この研究は,西アフリカの都市部の人口のための重要な規範的なHGSデータを提供します.
- 発見は,ナイジェリアの高齢者の身体的,心代謝的,認知的な健康の複雑な相互作用を強調しています.
- 結果は,この人口集団内のHGSの評価において,性別特有の要因と併発症を考慮する重要性を強調しています.
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