Low handgrip strength is associated with falls after the age of 50: findings from the Brazilian longitudinal study of aging (ELSI-Brazil).

IF 3.2 3区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Archives of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI:10.1186/s13690-024-01340-2

André Pereira Dos Santos, Jéssica Fernanda Correa Cordeiro, Pedro Pugliesi Abdalla, Lucimere Bohn, Emerson Sebastião, Leonardo Santos Lopes da Silva, Márcio Fernando Tasinafo-Júnior, Ana Cláudia Rossini Venturini, Alynne Christian Ribeiro Andaki, Edmar Lacerda Mendes, Pablo Jorge Marcos-Pardo, Jorge Mota, Dalmo Roberto Lopes Machado

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Abstract

Aim: This study examined the association of low handgrip strength (HGS) for falls in middle-aged adults and older adults every half-decade of life.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted using the public data from the first wave of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil). The participants were allocated into seven age groups 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, and ≥ 80 years. Binary logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the odds ratio (OR) of low HGS to the falls regardless of confounding variables such as sex, balance, gait speed, and total number of health conditions.

Results: A total of 8,112 participants aged 50-105 years (median = 62.0 years): 3,490 males (median = 60.0 years) and 4,622 females (median = 63.0 years) attended the study. Altogether, 21.5% of participants experienced at least one fall. HGS gradually decreases over each half-decade of life. In addition, low HGS presented a significative OR (p < 0.05) for falls for age groups, until 80 s, even when considering confounding variables.

Conclusions: Low HGS is associated with falls in middle-aged adults over their 50 s and remained a strong measure of falls across each subsequent half-decade of life, until 80 s.

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低握力与 50 岁后跌倒有关：巴西老龄化纵向研究（ELSI-Brazil）的发现。

目的：本研究探讨了手握力量（HGS）低下与中年人和老年人每半衰期跌倒的相关性：这项横断面研究使用了巴西老龄化纵向研究（ELSI-Brazil）第一波的公共数据。参与者被分为 50-54 岁、55-59 岁、60-64 岁、65-69 岁、70-74 岁、75-79 岁和≥80 岁七个年龄组。在不考虑性别、平衡能力、步速和健康状况总数等混杂变量的情况下，进行二元逻辑回归分析，以确定低 HGS 与跌倒的几率比（OR）：共有 8112 名参与者，年龄在 50-105 岁之间（中位数 = 62.0 岁）：其中男性 3490 人（中位数 = 60.0 岁），女性 4622 人（中位数 = 63.0 岁）。21.5%的参与者至少摔倒过一次。在人的一生中，HGS 会随着年龄的增长而逐渐降低。此外，低 HGS 具有显著的 OR 值（p 结论：低 HGS 与老年人跌倒有关：在 50 岁以上的中年人中，低 HGS 与跌倒有关，并且在其后的每个半衰期中，直到 80 岁，低 HGS 仍是衡量跌倒的有力指标。

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Archives of Public Health Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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4.80

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3.00%

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244

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16 weeks

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