Objective: To assess the effects of muscle strength, as determined by grip strength, on changes in health status in adolescents. Study design: Risk variables included excess body fat, elevated fasting glucose, high blood pressure, elevated serum triglycerides, and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Multinomial logistic regression was used to quantify the odds of experiencing health maintenance (no risk factors identified at either time point) or health improvement (presence of ≥1 baseline risk factor and fewer or no risk factors at follow-up) over a 2-year period. The primary exposure variable was grip strength normalized by body mass (normalized grip strength [NGS]), and previous cut-offs were used to determine whether adolescents were weak or strong. Results: Adolescents who had low NGSs had a significantly greater prevalence of health decline or poor health persistence as compared with those who were strong (boys: 60.2% vs 15.3%; girls: 51% vs 21.9%; all P
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Peterson, M. D., Gordon, P. M., Smeding, S., & Visich, P. (2018). Grip Strength Is Associated with Longitudinal Health Maintenance and Improvement in Adolescents. Journal of Pediatrics, 202, 226–230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.07.020
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