Grip Strength across the Life Course: Normative Data from Twelve British Studies

Richard M. Dodds; Holly E. Syddall; Rachel Cooper; Michaela Benzeval; Ian J. Deary; Elaine M. Dennison; Geoff Der; Catharine R. Gale; Hazel M. Inskip; Carol Jagger; Thomas B. Kirkwood; Debbie A. Lawlor; Sian M. Robinson; John M. Starr; Andrew Steptoe; Kate Tilling; Diana Kuh; Cyrus Cooper; Avan Aihie Sayer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113637

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Grip Strength across the Life Course: Normative Data from Twelve British Studies

Richard M. Dodds ,

* E-mail: rd@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Holly E. Syddall,

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Rachel Cooper,

Affiliation MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, London, United Kingdom
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Michaela Benzeval,

Affiliation Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
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Ian J. Deary,

Affiliation Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Elaine M. Dennison,

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Geoff Der,

Affiliation Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Catharine R. Gale,

Affiliations MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Hazel M. Inskip,

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Carol Jagger,

Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, United Kingdom
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Thomas B. Kirkwood,

Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, United Kingdom
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Debbie A. Lawlor,

Affiliation MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Sian M. Robinson,

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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John M. Starr,

Affiliation Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Andrew Steptoe,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Kate Tilling,

Affiliation MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Diana Kuh,

Affiliation MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, London, United Kingdom
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Cyrus Cooper,

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Avan Aihie Sayer

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Grip Strength across the Life Course: Normative Data from Twelve British Studies

Richard M. Dodds,
Holly E. Syddall,
Rachel Cooper,
Michaela Benzeval,
Ian J. Deary,
Elaine M. Dennison,
Geoff Der,
Catharine R. Gale,
Hazel M. Inskip,
Carol Jagger

Published: December 4, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113637

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Further normative values from this article

Posted by Richard_Dodds on 08 Sep 2015 at 16:03 GMT

In the paper we included the centile curves for grip strength and also a table of the centile values in 5-year intervals for males and females. We have had requests for the LMS values used to produce both of these so that other researchers can apply our British normative values to grip strength measurements in their own data.

We have produced a spreadsheet which contains the LMS values and also the formula used to calculate a Z-score for an individual measurement. The spreadsheet can be downloaded from:

www.rdodds.org/Dodds_et_a...

We would be grateful for your feedback if you use these values. We would also ask that you cite the original paper if you do so.

Kind regards

Richard Dodds (on behalf of co-authors)

No competing interests declared.

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