Introduction
Methods
Data and study participants
Variables
Statistical analysis
Ethics Declaration
Results
Total | Death | P-value | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | ||||||||
Absolute grip strength (kg)*
| 25.6 | 8.7 | 26.0 | 8.6 | 23.1 | 8.5 | < 0.0001 | ||
Relative grip strength (kg/BMI)*
| 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | < 0.0001 | ||
CESD (score)*
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 2.9 | < 0.0001 | ||
MMSE (score)*
| 26.1 | 4.5 | 26.6 | 4.0 | 23.5 | 5.9 | < 0.0001 | ||
Age, n (%)
| < 0.0001 | ||||||||
45–54 | 3,157 | 34.7 | 3,003 | 95.1 | 154 | 4.9 | |||
55–64 | 2,567 | 28.2 | 2,306 | 89.8 | 261 | 10.2 | |||
65–74 | 2,329 | 25.6 | 1,772 | 76.1 | 557 | 23.9 | |||
≥ 75 | 1,049 | 11.5 | 524 | 50.0 | 525 | 50.1 | |||
Gender, n (%)
| < 0.0001 | ||||||||
Male | 4,088 | 44.9 | 3,246 | 79.4 | 842 | 20.6 | |||
Female | 5,014 | 55.1 | 4,359 | 86.9 | 655 | 13.1 | |||
Education, n (%)
| < 0.0001 | ||||||||
≤Elementary | 3,979 | 43.7 | 3,020 | 75.9 | 959 | 24.1 | |||
Middle school | 1,553 | 17.1 | 1,368 | 88.1 | 185 | 11.9 | |||
High school | 2,572 | 28.3 | 2,322 | 90.3 | 250 | 9.7 | |||
≥College | 998 | 11.0 | 895 | 89.7 | 103 | 10.3 | |||
Smoking status, n (%)
| < 0.0001 | ||||||||
Non-smoker | 6,416 | 70.5 | 5,509 | 85.9 | 907 | 14.1 | |||
Former smoker | 873 | 9.6 | 666 | 76.3 | 207 | 23.7 | |||
Smoker | 1,813 | 19.9 | 1,430 | 78.9 | 383 | 21.1 | |||
Alcohol consumption, n (%)
| < 0.0001 | ||||||||
Nothing | 3,621 | 39.8 | 3,078 | 85.0 | 543 | 15.0 | |||
Former drinker | 567 | 6.2 | 404 | 71.3 | 163 | 28.8 | |||
Drinker | 4,914 | 54.0 | 4,123 | 83.9 | 791 | 16.1 | |||
Marital status, n (%)
| < 0.0001 | ||||||||
Married | 7,292 | 80.1 | 6,278 | 86.1 | 1,014 | 13.9 | |||
Separated, divorced | 1,733 | 19.0 | 1,261 | 72.8 | 472 | 27.2 | |||
Single | 77 | 0.9 | 66 | 85.7 | 11 | 14.3 | |||
Self-rated health, n (%)
| < 0.0001 | ||||||||
Very good | 336 | 3.7 | 311 | 92.6 | 25 | 7.4 | |||
Good | 3,338 | 36.7 | 3,013 | 90.3 | 325 | 9.7 | |||
Moderate | 2,983 | 32.8 | 2,517 | 84.4 | 466 | 15.6 | |||
Bad | 2,011 | 22.1 | 1,490 | 74.1 | 521 | 25.9 | |||
Very Bad | 434 | 4.8 | 274 | 63.1 | 160 | 36.9 | |||
Number of chronic diseases**, n (%)
| < 0.0001 | ||||||||
0 | 4,885 | 53.7 | 4,313 | 88.3 | 572 | 11.7 | |||
1 | 2,590 | 28.5 | 2,106 | 81.3 | 484 | 18.7 | |||
2 | 1,130 | 12.4 | 845 | 74.8 | 285 | 25.2 | |||
≥ 3 | 497 | 5.5 | 341 | 68.6 | 156 | 31.4 | |||
Total
| 9102 | 100 | 7605 | 83.6 | 1497 | 16.45 |
Death | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HR | 95% CI | P-value | HR | 95% CI | P-value | ||||
Absolute grip strength
| 0.968 | 0.958 | 0.978 | < 0.0001 | |||||
Relative grip strength
| 0.780 | 0.634 | 0.960 | 0.019 | |||||
CESD
| 1.000 | 0.979 | 1.020 | 0.964 | 1.004 | 0.983 | 1.025 | 0.736 | |
MMSE
| 0.972 | 0.961 | 0.982 | < 0.0001 | 0.967 | 0.957 | 0.977 | < 0.0001 | |
Age
| |||||||||
45–54 | 0.160 | 0.128 | 0.199 | < 0.0001 | 0.137 | 0.110 | 0.171 | < 0.0001 | |
55–64 | 0.263 | 0.221 | 0.312 | < 0.0001 | 0.236 | 0.199 | 0.279 | < 0.0001 | |
65–74 | 0.496 | 0.436 | 0.563 | < 0.0001 | 0.472 | 0.416 | 0.536 | < 0.0001 | |
≥ 75 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |||||||
Gender
| |||||||||
Male | 3.322 | 2.772 | 3.981 | < 0.0001 | 2.697 | 2.256 | 3.224 | < 0.0001 | |
Female | 1.000 | 1.000 | |||||||
Education
| |||||||||
≤Elementary | 1.236 | 0.990 | 1.543 | 0.061 | 1.276 | 1.022 | 1.593 | 0.032 | |
Middle school | 1.071 | 0.839 | 1.369 | 0.581 | 1.094 | 0.856 | 1.398 | 0.471 | |
High school | 1.035 | 0.822 | 1.304 | 0.768 | 1.043 | 0.828 | 1.314 | 0.723 | |
≥College | 1.000 | 1.000 | |||||||
Smoking status
| |||||||||
Non-smoker | 0.664 | 0.574 | 0.768 | < 0.0001 | 0.661 | 0.572 | 0.765 | < 0.0001 | |
Former smoker | 0.830 | 0.698 | 0.986 | 0.035 | 0.824 | 0.693 | 0.980 | 0.029 | |
Smoker | 1.000 | 1.000 | |||||||
Alcohol consumption
| |||||||||
Nothing | 0.827 | 0.724 | 0.945 | 0.005 | 0.820 | 0.717 | 0.936 | 0.003 | |
Former drinker | 0.894 | 0.741 | 1.078 | 0.240 | 0.908 | 0.753 | 1.096 | 0.315 | |
Drinker | 1.000 | 1.000 | |||||||
Marital status
| |||||||||
Married | 0.675 | 0.371 | 1.228 | 0.198 | 0.653 | 0.359 | 1.189 | 0.163 | |
Separated, divorced | 0.923 | 0.503 | 1.693 | 0.796 | 0.891 | 0.486 | 1.633 | 0.708 | |
Single | 1.000 | 1.000 | |||||||
Self-rated health
| |||||||||
Very good | 0.513 | 0.329 | 0.800 | 0.003 | 0.471 | 0.302 | 0.735 | 0.001 | |
Good | 0.593 | 0.471 | 0.747 | < 0.0001 | 0.547 | 0.435 | 0.688 | < 0.0001 | |
Moderate | 0.637 | 0.519 | 0.780 | < 0.0001 | 0.602 | 0.491 | 0.737 | < 0.0001 | |
Bad | 0.779 | 0.648 | 0.935 | 0.008 | 0.761 | 0.634 | 0.915 | 0.004 | |
Very Bad | 1.000 | 1.000 | |||||||
Number of chronic diseases*
| |||||||||
0 | 0.788 | 0.648 | 0.958 | 0.017 | 0.806 | 0.662 | 0.981 | 0.032 | |
1 | 0.788 | 0.654 | 0.950 | 0.013 | 0.804 | 0.667 | 0.969 | 0.022 | |
2 | 0.930 | 0.763 | 1.133 | 0.471 | 0.938 | 0.770 | 1.144 | 0.530 | |
≥ 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |||||||
AIC
|
25,427
|
25,463
|
Death | |||||||||||
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< 65 | ≥ 65 | ||||||||||
HR | 95% CI | P-value | AIC | HR | 95% CI | P-value | AIC | ||||
Absolute grip strength
| 0.961 | 0.943 | 0.979 | < 0.0001 | 6,915 | 0.97 | 0.959 | 0.982 | < 0.0001 | 16,745 | |
Relative grip strength
| 0.716 | 0.485 | 1.056 | 0.0923 | 6,930 | 0.788 | 0.614 | 1.01 | 0.0596 | 16,766 |