Grip strength and the metabolic syndrome: Findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 707-713

  Sayer, A A ^a,b   Syddall, H E ^a   Dennison, E M ^a   Martin, H J ^a   Phillips, D I W ^a   Cooper, C ^a   Byrne, C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MUSCLE ATROPHY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING;

EID: 35748934782     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcm095     Document Type: Article

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