Massy-Westropp Nicola M, Gill Tiffany K, Taylor Anne W, Bohannon Richard W, Hill Catherine L
University of South Australia, School of Health Sciences Adelaide, South Australia SA 5000, Australia.
BMC Res Notes. 2011 Apr 14;4:127. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-127.
The North West Adelaide Health Study is a representative longitudinal cohort study of people originally aged 18 years and over. The aim of this study was to describe normative data for hand grip strength in a community-based Australian population. Secondary aims were to investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and hand grip strength, and to compare Australian data with international hand grip strength norms.
The sample was randomly selected and recruited by telephone interview. Overall, 3 206 (81% of those recruited) participants returned to the clinic during the second stage (2004-2006) which specifically focused on the collection of information relating to musculoskeletal conditions.
Following the exclusion of 435 participants who had hand pain and/or arthritis, 1366 men and 1312 women participants provided hand grip strength measurement. The study population was relatively young, with 41.5% under 40 years; and their mean BMI was 28.1 kg/m2 (SD 5.5). Higher hand grip strength was weakly related to higher BMI in adults under the age of 30 and over the age of 70, but inversely related to higher BMI between these ages. Australian norms from this sample had amongst the lowest of the hand grip strength of the internationally published norms, except those from underweight populations.
This population demonstrated higher BMI and lower grip strength in younger participants than much of the international published, population data. A complete exploration of the relationship between BMI and hand grip strength was not fully explored as there were very few participants with BMI in the underweight range. The age and gender grip strength values are lower in younger adults than those reported in international literature.
西北阿德莱德健康研究是一项针对最初年龄在18岁及以上人群的具有代表性的纵向队列研究。本研究的目的是描述澳大利亚社区人群握力的标准数据。次要目的是调查体重指数（BMI）与握力之间的关系，并将澳大利亚的数据与国际握力标准进行比较。
通过电话访谈随机抽取并招募样本。总体而言，3206名参与者（占招募人数的81%）在第二阶段（2004 - 2006年）返回诊所，该阶段专门侧重于收集与肌肉骨骼疾病相关的信息。
在排除435名有手部疼痛和/或关节炎的参与者后，1366名男性和1312名女性参与者提供了握力测量数据。研究人群相对年轻，41.5%的人年龄在40岁以下；他们的平均BMI为28.1kg/m²（标准差5.5）。在30岁以下和70岁以上的成年人中，较高的握力与较高的BMI呈弱相关，但在这两个年龄之间与较高的BMI呈负相关。除了体重过轻人群的数据外，该样本的澳大利亚标准在国际公布的握力标准中处于最低水平。
与许多国际公布的人群数据相比，该人群中年轻参与者的BMI较高，握力较低。由于体重过轻范围内的参与者很少，因此未充分探讨BMI与握力之间关系的全貌。年轻成年人的年龄和性别握力值低于国际文献报道的值。
