The link between grip and mortality is close to linear between about 26 and 50 kg
Is there a grip strength above which there is no further benefit?
The finding
Higher grip went with lower all-cause mortality across 26–50 kg in a close-to-linear way. Cardiovascular mortality risk fell between 24 and 40 kg.
- Authors
- López-Bueno R, Andersen LL, Koyanagi A, et al.
- Published
- Ageing Research Reviews 82:101778 · 2022
- Evidence
- Read in the primary source; numbers checked.
- Source
- doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2022.101778
How it was studied
Systematic review with dose-response meta-analysis: 48 cohorts, 3,135,473 adults aged 35–85 (49.6% women).
The numbers
Cancer mortality trended U-shaped, with risk reduction between 16 and 33 kg. Heterogeneity for the all-cause curve was moderate (I² 45.7%).
What it does not show
Read in abstract only. The ranges are pooled across both sexes and many devices, so they are not personal targets.
What Longstanding does with it
We do not turn 26–50 kg into a target. Your grip line comes from your age-85 goal and the age and sex norms, not from a pooled curve.