@misc{10481/97094,
year = {2024},
month = {11},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/97094},
abstract = {Objective: To analyze the correlation between arm muscle area and handgrip strength among
postmenopausal community dwelling low-income women in order to provide an easy anthropometric
indicator to assess muscle mass quantity and quality.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving postmenopausal women (n = 171) from three
urban-marginal communities of Guayaquil, Ecuador. Corrected arm muscle area was calculated using the
Frisancho formula. Dynapenia was defined as HGS < 16 kg. Spearman’s correlation coefficient was calculated
at a 5% significance level to test the correlation between corrected arm muscle area and handgrip strength.
Results: Median (interquartile range: IQR) age of the sample was 72.0 years (17.0). The median of corrected
arm muscle area was 34.8 cm2 (20.7). The overall prevalence of dynapenia was 57.9% (n = 99). There was a
significant decreasing trend with age regarding all anthropometric characteristics and handgrip strength, as
well as a higher prevalence of dynapenia with age. For the whole sample, a statistically significant positive
correlation was found between corrected arm muscle area and handgrip strength [r = 0.267; p < .001].
Conclusion: : There was a significant yet weak positive correlation between corrected arm muscle area and
handgrip strength in this postmenopausal sample. There is a need for additional research in this regard.},
organization = {Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador},
organization = {University of Granada, Granada, Spain},
publisher = {Taylor & Francis group},
keywords = {Handgrip strength},
keywords = {postmenopause},
keywords = {anthropometry},
title = {Arm muscle area is correlated to handgrip strength in postmenopausal women},
doi = {10.1080/09513590.2024.2420937},
author = {Álvarez-Córdova, Ludwig R. and Artacho Martín-Lagos, Reyes and Chedraui, Peter and Arteaga-Pazmiño, Cecilia and Sánchez-Briones, Melissa and Ruíz-López, María Dolores},
}