Handgrip Strength, a Component of Physical Frailty Contributing Significantly To Cognitive Impairment: Evidence from LASI Wave 1 (2017-18)

IF 1.1 Q4 GERONTOLOGY

Ageing International Pub Date : 2025-08-21 DOI:10.1007/s12126-025-09611-1

Inderdeep Kaur, Chonsing Shimrah, Shivani Chandel

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Abstract

Objective

This study examined the relationship between physical frailty and the Composite Cognitive Impairment Index (CII) because physical frailty is a significant risk factor for cognitive impairment.

Methods

The present study utilized data from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI) Wave 1 and included 55,199 (24,004 males and 31,115 females) individuals aged 45 years and above. Physical frailty and cognitive impairment were defined using the Modified Fried Frailty Phenotype Criteria and the Composite Cognitive Impairment Index (CII), respectively.

Results

The prevalence of physical frailty and cognitive impairment was 15.1% and 10.7%, respectively. Physically frail males and females had 1.72- and 1.60-times higher likelihoods of developing cognitive impairment, respectively (p < 0.001).

Discussion

Physical frailty was significantly associated with cognitive impairment. Of all the five components of physical frailty, weak hand grip strength posed the greatest risk to cognitive impairment. Incorporating exercises to enhance muscle strength and mass is crucial for mitigating cognitive decline with age.

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握力是身体虚弱的一个组成部分，对认知障碍有重要影响：来自LASI波1的证据（2017-18）

目的探讨身体虚弱与认知障碍综合指数（CII）之间的关系，因为身体虚弱是认知障碍的重要危险因素。方法本研究利用印度纵向老龄化研究（LASI）第1波的数据，包括55 199人（24,004名男性和31,115名女性），年龄在45岁及以上。身体虚弱和认知障碍分别使用改良的Fried虚弱表型标准和复合认知障碍指数（CII）进行定义。结果体弱多病和认知功能障碍患病率分别为15.1%和10.7%。身体虚弱的男性和女性发生认知障碍的可能性分别高出1.72倍和1.60倍（p < 0.001）。身体虚弱与认知障碍显著相关。在身体虚弱的所有五个组成部分中，手握力弱对认知障碍的风险最大。结合锻炼来增强肌肉力量和质量对于减轻随着年龄增长的认知能力下降至关重要。

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Ageing International GERONTOLOGY-

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2.70

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6.70%

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期刊介绍： As a quarterly peer-reviewed journal that has existed for over three decades, Ageing International serves all professionals who deal with complex ageing issues. The journal is dedicated to improving the life of ageing populations worldwide through providing an intellectual forum for communicating common concerns, exchanging analyses and discoveries in scientific research, crystallizing significant issues, and offering recommendations in ageing-related service delivery and policy making. Besides encouraging the submission of high-quality research and review papers, Ageing International seeks to bring together researchers, policy analysts, and service program administrators who are committed to reducing the ''implementation gap'' between good science and effective service, between evidence-based protocol and culturally suitable programs, and between unique innovative solutions and generalizable policies. For significant issues that are common across countries, Ageing International will organize special forums for scholars and investigators from different disciplines to present their regional perspectives as well as to provide more comprehensive analysis. The editors strongly believe that such discourse has the potential to foster a wide range of coordinated efforts that will lead to improvements in the quality of life of older persons worldwide. Abstracted and Indexed in: ABI/INFORM, Academic OneFile, Academic Search, CSA/Proquest, Current Abstracts, EBSCO, Ergonomics Abstracts, Expanded Academic, Gale, Google Scholar, Health Reference Center Academic, OCLC, PsychINFO, PsyARTICLES, SCOPUS, Social Science Abstracts, and Summon by Serial Solutions.