Prospective association between handgrip strength and cardiac structure and function in UK adults.

Prospective association between handgrip strength and cardiac structure and function in UK adults.

<h4>Background</h4>Handgrip strength, a measure of muscular fitness, is associated with cardiovascular (CV) events and CV mortality but its association with cardiac structure and function is unknown. The goal of this study was to determine if handgrip strength is associated with changes...

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Main Authors: Sebastian E Beyer, Mihir M Sanghvi, Nay Aung, Alice Hosking, Jackie A Cooper, José Miguel Paiva, Aaron M Lee, Kenneth Fung, Elena Lukaschuk, Valentina Carapella, Murray A Mittleman, Soren Brage, Stefan K Piechnik, Stefan Neubauer, Steffen E Petersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193124

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