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Handgrip Strength and Current Smoking Are Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk in Korean Adolescents: A Population-Based Study

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  • Sae Yun Kim

    (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea)

  • Jung Soo Lee

    (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea)

  • Yeo Hyung Kim

    (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea)

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the independent association of handgrip strength and current smoking with cardiometabolic risk in adolescents. Data of 1806 adolescents (12–18 years) from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys were analyzed by complex samples logistic regression analyses. Handgrip strength was normalized by body weight into relative handgrip strength. A cardiometabolic risk index score was calculated from the z-scores of the following components: waist circumference, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, glucose, and blood pressure. Relative handgrip strength showed an inverse association with high cardiometabolic risk, with an adjusted odds ratio of 8.5 (95% confidence interval [CI], 3.7–19.3) for boys and 5.7 (95% CI, 2.9–11.2) for girls on comparing the lowest and the highest age-and sex-specific quartiles of relative handgrip strength. The adjusted odds ratios for high cardiometabolic risk on comparing the second quartile and the highest quartile of relative handgrip strength were 3.9 (95% CI, 1.7–8.9) in boys and 2.6 (95% CI, 1.3–5.3) in girls. Current smoking was independently associated with high cardiometabolic risk in boys aged 15–18 years. These findings suggest the need to increase muscle strength in adolescents and reduce smoking in older boys to promote cardiometabolic health.

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  • Sae Yun Kim & Jung Soo Lee & Yeo Hyung Kim, 2020. "Handgrip Strength and Current Smoking Are Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk in Korean Adolescents: A Population-Based Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(14), pages 1-10, July.
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    1. Seong Hoon Lim & Yeo Hyung Kim & Jung Soo Lee, 2019. "Normative Data on Grip Strength in a Population-Based Study with Adjusting Confounding Factors: Sixth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2014–2015)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(12), pages 1-11, June.
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