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@ARTICLE{Huemer:212515,
author = {M.-T. Huemer and A. Kluttig and B. Fischer and W. Ahrens
and S. Castell and N. Ebert and S. Gastell and K.-H. Jöckel
and R. Kaaks$^*$ and A. Karch and T. Keil and Y. Kemmling
and L. Krist and M. Leitzmann and W. Lieb and C.
Meinke-Franze and K. B. Michels and R. Mikolajczyk and I.
Moreno Velásquez and T. Pischon and S. Schipf and B.
Schmidt and B. Schöttker$^*$ and M. B. Schulze and H.
Stocker$^*$ and H. Teismann and K. Wirkner and M. Drey and
A. Peters and B. Thorand},
title = {{G}rip strength values and cut-off points based on over
200,000 adults of the {G}erman {N}ational {C}ohort - a
comparison to the {EWGSOP}2 cut-off points.},
journal = {Age $\&$ ageing},
volume = {52},
number = {1},
issn = {0002-0729},
address = {Oxford},
publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press},
reportid = {DKFZ-2023-00200},
pages = {afac324},
year = {2023},
abstract = {The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People
(EWGSOP) updated in 2018 the cut-off points for low grip
strength to assess sarcopenia based on pooled data from 12
British studies.Comparison of the EWGSOP2 cut-off points for
low grip strength to those derived from a large German
sample.We assessed the grip strength distribution across age
and derived low grip strength cut-off points for men and
women (peak mean -2.5 × SD) based on 200,389 German
National Cohort (NAKO) participants aged 19-75 years. In
1,012 Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg
(KORA)-Age participants aged 65-93 years, we calculated the
age-standardised prevalence of low grip strength and
time-dependent sensitivity and specificity for all-cause
mortality.Grip strength increased in the third and fourth
decade of life and declined afterwards. Calculated cut-off
points for low grip strength were 29 kg for men and 18 kg
for women. In KORA-Age, the age-standardised prevalence of
low grip strength was 1.5× higher for NAKO-derived
$(17.7\%)$ compared to EWGSOP2 $(11.7\%)$ cut-off points.
NAKO-derived cut-off points yielded a higher sensitivity and
lower specificity for all-cause mortality.Cut-off points for
low grip strength from German population-based data were 2
kg higher than the EWGSOP2 cut-off points. Higher cut-off
points increase the sensitivity, thereby suggesting an
intervention for more patients at risk, while other
individuals might receive additional diagnostics/treatment
without the urgent need. Research on the effectiveness of
intervention in patients with low grip strength defined by
different cut-off points is needed.},
keywords = {European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People
(EWGSOP) (Other) / cut-off points (Other) / grip strength
(Other) / mortality (Other) / probable sarcopenia (Other)},
cin = {C020 / C070},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)C020-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)C070-20160331},
pnm = {313 - Krebsrisikofaktoren und Prävention (POF4-313)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-313},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:36702514},
doi = {10.1093/ageing/afac324},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/212515},
}