Table 1.
PURE subject characteristics stratified by country/state.
BMI = body-mass index; GDP = gross domestic product; GS = grip strength; NA = not available because dietary data have not yet been analysed; SD = standard deviation. Medal tally refers to Summer Olympic Games from 2000–16 inclusive.
Table 2.
Poisson regression models for the association between grip strength, and national Olympic per capita medal tally.
Abbreviations as per Table 1.
Fig 1.
Scatter plots depicting the relationship between mean national grip strength.
The relationship between mean national grip strength and national GDP, and the natural logarithm of the per capita medal tally: (A)–unadjusted, and (B)–adjusted for age, sex, height, dietary caloric intake and national GDP), and the natural logarithm of the per capita medal tally. Countries that did not win any summer Olympic medals from 2000–16 cannot be represented.