Association between grip strength and anthropometric characteristics in the community-dwelling elderly population in Taiwan

Ming-Hsun Lin; Chun-Yung Chang; Chieh-Hua Lu; Der-Min Wu; Feng-Chih Kuo; Che-Chun Kuo; Nain-Feng Chu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0260763

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Association between grip strength and anthropometric characteristics in the community-dwelling elderly population in Taiwan

Ming-Hsun Lin,

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chun-Yung Chang,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chieh-Hua Lu,

Roles Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Der-Min Wu,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Feng-Chih Kuo,

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Che-Chun Kuo,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Nain-Feng Chu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: chuepi369@gmail.com, chuepi@mail.ndmctsgh.edu.tw

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1513-4995

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Association between grip strength and anthropometric characteristics in the community-dwelling elderly population in Taiwan

Ming-Hsun Lin,
Chun-Yung Chang,
Chieh-Hua Lu,
Der-Min Wu,
Feng-Chih Kuo,
Che-Chun Kuo,
Nain-Feng Chu

Published: December 16, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260763

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