Body composition and weakness of hand grip strength and pinch strength in patients with chronic kidney disease from different ethnic backgrounds.
Keruo JiangAdrian SleeAndrew DavenportPublished in: Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association (2020)
In CKD patients, we found that muscle weakness measured by HGS and PS was associated with increasing age and loss of appendicular muscle mass. HGS was also weaker with increasing fat mass and female gender, whereas PS was weaker in patients of Asian ethnicity.