| Title: | Adiposity and grip strength: a Mendelian randomisation study in UK Biobank |
| Journal: | BMC Medicine |
| Published: | 2 Jun 2022 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35650572/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02393-2 |
| URL: | https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12916-022-02393-2 |
Publication 10315
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Abstract
BackgroundMuscle weakness, which increases in prevalence with age, is a major public health concern. Grip strength is commonly used to identify weakness and an improved understanding of its determinants is required. We aimed to investigate if total and central adiposity are causally associated with grip strength.MethodsUp to 470,786 UK Biobank participants, aged 38-73 years, with baseline data on four adiposity indicators (body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage (BF%), waist circumference (WC) and waist-hip-ratio (WHR)) and maximum grip strength were included. We examined sex-specific associations between each adiposity indicator and grip strength. We explored whether associations varied by age, by examining age-stratified associations (< 50 years, 50-59 years, 60-64 years,65 years +). Using Mendelian randomisation (MR), we estimated the strength of the adiposity-grip strength associations using genetic instruments for each adiposity trait as our exposure.ResultsIn males, observed and MR associations were generally consistent: higher BMI and WC were associated with stronger grip; higher BF% and WHR were associated with weaker grip: 1-SD higher BMI was associated with 0.49 kg (95% CI: 0.45 kg, 0.53 kg) stronger grip; 1-SD higher WHR was associated with 0.45 kg (95% CI:0.41 kg, 0.48 kg) weaker grip (covariate adjusted observational analyses). Associations of BMI and WC with grip strength were weaker at older ages: in males aged < 50 years and 65 years + , 1-SD higher BMI was associated with 0.93 kg (95% CI: 0.84 kg, 1.01 kg) and 0.13 kg (95% CI: 0.05 kg, 0.21 kg) stronger grip, respectively. In females, higher BF% was associated with weaker grip and higher WC was associated with stronger grip; other associations were inconsistent.ConclusionsUsing different methods to triangulate evidence, our findings suggest causal links between adiposity and grip strength. Specifically, higher BF% (in both sexes) and WHR (males only) were associated with weaker grip strength.</p>
9 Authors
- Snehal M. Pinto Pereira
- Victoria Garfield
- Aliki-Eleni Farmaki
- David J. Tomlinson
- Thomas Norris
- Ghazaleh Fatemifar
- Spiros Denaxas
- Chris Finan
- Rachel Cooper
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